If we want to look at peak gender-fluidity than look no further than egyptian mythology. Gods could interpret other gods. Change forms into multiple animals. Every god had their opposite. Mostly woman and man duality.
And in their society women had more power tha the system Greeks used
Zeus appears as Artemis, a female form, in an encounter with Callisto. Athena appears as Mentor, a male form, in an encounter with Telemachus. The Olympians were depicted as more gender-fluid than we generally give them credit for being.
True! Although as Stabile reminds us in one of her poems, Zeus's encounter with Callisto came out just like many others with women who didn't want the attention--with Callisto dead.
If we want to look at peak gender-fluidity than look no further than egyptian mythology. Gods could interpret other gods. Change forms into multiple animals. Every god had their opposite. Mostly woman and man duality.
And in their society women had more power tha the system Greeks used
Zeus appears as Artemis, a female form, in an encounter with Callisto. Athena appears as Mentor, a male form, in an encounter with Telemachus. The Olympians were depicted as more gender-fluid than we generally give them credit for being.
True! Although as Stabile reminds us in one of her poems, Zeus's encounter with Callisto came out just like many others with women who didn't want the attention--with Callisto dead.
All mortals die, but few get turned into bears first.