Shikhandi and other tales they don't tell you
Devdutt Pattanaik
Bok · Engelsk · 2014
| Omfang | 179 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Part I -- Appreciating queerness -- The discovery or invention of queerness -- Part II. -- 1. Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife -- 2. Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver his devotee's child -- 3. Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband -- 4. Vishnu, who became a woman to enchant gods, demons and a hermit -- 5. Kali, who became a man to enchant milkmaids -- 6. Gopeshwar, who became a woman to dance -- 7. Savavan, who became the wife of his male friend -- 8. Ratnavali, who became the companion of her female friend -- 9. Mandhata, whose mother was a man -- 10. Bhangashavana, who was a mother, and a man -- 11. Urvashi, who was born of no woman -- 12. Bhagirath, who was born of two women -- 13. Skanda, whose mothers were not all women -- 14. Aravan, whose wife was the complete man -- 15. Bahuchara, whose husband was an incomplete man -- 16. Arjuna, who was temporarily castrated for showing restraint -- 17. Indra, who was temporarily castrated for not showing restraint -- 18. Aruna, who became a woman when the sun paused -- 19. Ila, who became a man when the moon waned -- 20. Bhima, who wore women's clothes to punish -- 21. Vijaya, who wore women's clothes to conquer -- 22. Krishna, who wore women's clothes in love -- 23. Samba, who wore women's clothes as a prank -- 24. Alli, the queen who did not want a man in her bed -- 25. Kopperumcholan, the king who wanted a man in the adjacent tomb -- 26. Narada, who forgot he was a man -- 27. Pramila, who knew no man -- 28. Rishyashringa, who knew no woman -- 29. Shiva, who included the female in his male body -- 30. Ram, who included all in his kingdom.. - Queerness isn’t only modern, Western or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over two thousand years old, and you will find many overlooked tales, such as those of Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife; Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver a devotee’s child; Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband; Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend, and many more . . .Playful and touching—and sometimes disturbing—these stories, when compared with their Mesopotamian, Greek, Chinese and Biblical counterparts, reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness.
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| Emner | Tales - India.
Cupidosamlingen fortellinger sagn hinduistisk mytologi kjønnsidentitet kjønnsrolle indisk folkefortelling India |
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| ISBN | 9789383074846
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