Mythology of same-sex love

Religious narrative has included stories interpreted by many as accounts of same-sex love and sexuality. Other myths contain LGBT references. Among surviving examples are:

List of myths associated with same-sex love
Arranged by continent of origin of the religion. Entries of names specific partners are alphabetical.

Egypt

 * Ash and Set
 * Horus and Set

Babylonia

 * Enkidu and Gilgamesh

Biblical

 * David and Jonathan

Japan

 * Ōkuninushi (大国主) and Sukunabikona or Sukunahikona (少名毘古那神 or 少彦名神)
 * Takemikazuchi ( タケミカヅチ; 建御雷之男神  建御雷神 ) and  Takeminakata ( タケミナカタ,  建御名方神  たけみなかたのかみ）
 * Monju, Monju Bosatsu; Manjusri (Monju 文殊 or Monju-shiri 文殊師利菩薩)
 * Jizō, Jizō Bosatsu; Ksitigarbha (Jizō 地蔵, Jizo-o Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩)
 * Kannon, Syō Kannon Bosatsu (聖観音菩薩); Avalokiteśvara
 * Aizen Myō-ō (愛染明王 or 愛染妙王)
 * Fudō Myō-ō (不動明王); Acala
 * Shudō Daimyōjin (衆道大明神); Patron God of shudo (衆道)]]

Christian

 * Saints Sergius and Bacchus
 * Saints Cosmas and Damian

Greece

 * Abderus and Heracles
 * Achilles and Patroclus
 * Achilles and Troilus
 * Ameinias and Narcissus
 * Apollo and Hyacinth
 * Apollo and Hymenaios
 * Artemis (Zeus in the form of Artemis) and Callisto
 * Chrysippus and Laius
 * Daphnis and Pan
 * Euryalus and Nisus
 * Zeus and Ganymede
 * Heracles and Hylas
 * Heracles and Iolaus
 * Ianthe and Iphis
 * Poseidon and Pelops
 * Orpheus and the Thracians
 * Orpheus and Calais ( one of Boreads )

List of LGBT related deities and myths
Listed in alphabetical order, with culture of origin noted and statement of how it relates to LGBT.
 * Ahsonnutli, in Navaho tradition, a bisexual creator god
 * Anteros, Greek god of unrequited love, was also a term used for the love which arises in the beloved boy in a pederastic relationship.
 * Amazons, in Greek mythology, a nation of warrior women
 * Asiaq, in Inuit mythology, the deity of storms, generally portrayed as female, but sometimes as male
 * Atea and Fakahotu a Polynesian god and goddess who change sexes when their son dies of hunger
 * Chin (Mayan god), Mayan god of homosexuality
 * Eros, Greek god of sexual love of all types
 * Freyr, a Norse god of fertility, may have been worshipped by a group of homosexual or effeminate priests, as suggested by Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum and later by Dumézil
 * Grettir, an Icelandic hero, had a voracious sexual appetite and was said to have slept with men, women and animals alike.
 * Hu Tianbao, Chinese god of homosexuality
 * Loki, a Norse trickster god, who frequently disguises himself as a woman and has given birth, (whilst in the form of a white mare, he took a 'passive' role in a homosexual/bestial encounter with the stallion) Svadilfari,  resulting in his giving birth to the foal Sleipnir.
 * Mandulis, a Nubian sky deity, pictured as male, with pendulous breasts
 * Mawu-Lisa, a depiction of the creator deity in Dahomey tradition presented as both male and female
 * Nana Buluku the androgynous supreme deity of the Dahomey
 * Odin is mentioned as a practitioner of seiðr, a form of magic considered shameful for men to perform, so was reserved for women. It is possible that the practice of seiðr involved passive sexual rites.
 * Ometeotl, the Aztec master of duality, considered both male and female
 * Tiresias, a male Greek prophet who was turned into a woman for 7 years

Spoken-word versions - audio files

 * Achilles and Patroclus
 * Apollo and Hyacinth
 * Chrysippus and Laius
 * Ganymede and Zeus
 * Heracles and Hylas
 * Narcissus
 * Orpheus
 * Pelops and Poseidon