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Re: Mythology- femslash in the canon?

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, does anyone know of any myths/folklore where the femslash is canon? (as far as there is such a thing as canon for folklore/mythology) I know of Callisto and that's it, but there must be more out there... somewhere...

Re: Mythology- femslash in the canon?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi'iaka from Hawaii is bi and has relationships with women, most famously Hopoe. In some legends, Ganesh is born from Parvati making Malini drink the oils from her body, which is both gay and fpreg.

It's hard to tell what's historical canon sometimes because there are so many reinterpretations both by queer women reclaiming their deities and by homophobes intent on reframing queer stories as "close friends" or "handmaidens".

Re: Mythology- femslash in the canon?

[(Anonymous)]

Oooh thanks, I will note those two down.

Maybe "canon" probably wasn't the right word. I guess what I'm looking for is iterations of the stories that come from roughly the same time period/region as when/where the rest of the versions of the stories were being recorded in some way? I'm trying to cast a wide enough net, but if it originates from a totally different culture than the rest of the stories then I'd categorize that as fanon rather than a potential canon.

But like you say, no doubt a lot of what we hear has been straight-washed, so there's room for re-interpretation that's not just fanon, I think, if you can find hints or word choices or images or whatever that suggest a queer version that may have been ignored or suppressed- you just have to show the sources and explain your reasoning.