List of LGBT figures in mythology

This is a "'list of homosexual or bisexual figures in ancient myth"'.

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A

*Acantha - Greek myth (bisexual)
*Achilles - Greek myth (bisexual)
*Adonis - Greek myth (bisexual)
*Apollo - Greek god (bisexual)
*Ardhanari - Hindu deity (intersexed)
*Attis - Greek myth (transgender)

C

*Caeneus/Caenis - Greek/Roman myth (transgender)
*Cyparissus - Greek myth (gay)

D

*Dionysus - Greek god (bisexual)

E

*Euryalus - Greek myth (gay), Trojan warrior; inseparable companion of Nisus in "Aeneid" by Virgil

G

*Ganymede - Greek mythology (gay), Trojan Prince
*Gilgamesh - Sumerian semi-divine hero-king, ruler of Uruk

H

*Hapy - Egyptian deity (intersexed, mostly male)
*Hermaphroditus - Greek deity (intersexed or transgender, depending on the version of the myth)
*Hermes - Greek god (bisexual)
*Hyacinthus - Greek/Roman myth (gay)

I

*Iolaus - Greek myth (bisexual?)Iphys - From Ovid's Metamorphosis; forced with her mother to conceal her true gender from her father. Turned male in her marriage to Ianthe.

L

*Loki - Norse god (transgender)

M

*Mercury - Roman god (bisexual)

N

*Narcissus - Greek/Roman myth (bisexual)
*Nisus - Greek/Roman myth (gay), Trojan warrior; inseparable companion of Euryalus in "Aeneid" by Virgil

P

*Pales - Roman myth (transgender- sometimes embodying male and sometimes female)
*Patroclus - Greek myth (bisexual) - Lover of "Achilles"

*Shai - Egyptian deity of fate (transgender- sometimes embodying male and sometimes female)
*Set - Egyptian god (bisexual)
*Shiva - Indian deity of destruction and dancing among other things (transgender- sometimes embodying male and sometimes female)

V

*Virtus - Roman deity (transgender- sometimes embodying male and sometimes female)

W

*Wadj-wer - Egyptian deity (intersexed)

Z

*Zephyrus - Greek god (bisexual)
*Zeus - Greek god (bisexual)