The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore
Devdutt Pattanaik
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Beschreibung
A god transforms into a nymph and enchants another god.
A king becomes pregnant.
A prince discovers on his wedding night that he is not a man.
Another king has children who call him both father and mother. A hero turns into a eunuch and wears female apparel. A princess has to turn into a man before she can avenge her humiliation. Widows of a king make love to conceive his child. Friends of the same sex end up marrying each other after one of them metamorphoses into a woman.
These are some of the tales from Hindu lore that this unique book examines. The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore is a compilation of traditional Hindu stories with a common thread: sexual transformation and gender metamorphosis.
In addition to the thought-provoking stories in The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore, you''ll also find:
- an examination of the universality of queer narratives with examples from Greek lore and Irish folklore
- a comparison of the Hindu paradigm to the biblical paradigm
- a look at how Hindu society and Hindu scripture responds to queer sexuality
- a discussion of the Hijras, popularly believed to be the “third gender” in India--their probable origin, and how they fit into Hindu society