A fascinating collection of myths and stories from around the world that offers gay men a key to discovering the myths and heroes of their lives.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
p. 1
Invocation
p. 23
The Golden Key
p. 25
Two Pretty Men
p. 28
The Basket and the Bow
p. 31
A Temple of the Holy Ghost
p. 34
Behind the Hill
p. 38
First Contacts
p. 43
We Two Boys Together Clinging
p. 46
What One Dreams, That Will Be
p. 50
The Ugly Duckling
p. 53
I Am Holy
p. 63
Soft Man
p. 65
The Gallus and the Lion
p. 68
They Have Been Given Certain Powers
p. 81
A Very Great Doctor
p. 83
I Alone Keep Up Life
p. 86
I'm Going to Have You
p. 95
There Was Great Rejoicing
p. 97
His Appearance Is Brilliant (Asushunamir)
p. 101
Hurrah for the Mahu!
p. 110
Respect
p. 114
Wearing Rings on My Ears and Bangles on My Wrists (Arjuna)
p. 118
Strap of My Bra, Hem of My Pants
p. 123
A Different World
p. 126
Auld Scratty'll Git Thi
p. 127
Why Lizard's Head is Always Moving Up and Down
p. 134
Son of the Sun (Begochidiin)
p. 138
A Vast Hermaphrodite
p. 143
Becoming One Instead of Two
p. 150
None Like Him (Kepakailiula and Kaunalewa)
p. 157
He Is an Equal to You (Gilgamesh and Enkidu)
p. 169
All Ills Grow Better (Baldr and Loki)
p. 183
When You Piss, I Shall Piss As Well
p. 192
Linked Jade Disks
p. 197
That Moon Which the Sky Ne'er Saw
p. 202
Gold Is Put into Our Eyes
p. 216
Muscle Bound
p. 220
Snatched Away (Zeus and Ganymede)
p. 228
He Fell in Love When the Mountain Rose Was in Bloom
p. 236
And He Remained with Him That Night (Jesus)
p. 246
You Will Now Perhaps Be Less Angry (Kolhamana)
p. 249
The Power of the Hijras
p. 264
He Ceased to Be What He Was (Attis)
p. 266
Blue Light
p. 270
Their Beastly Customs and Inordinate Desires
p. 282
Dionysus at the Disco
p. 287
Our Spiritual Neitherness
p. 294
Don't Look Back
p. 305
Thou Shalt Ever Be with Me (Apollo and Hyacinthus)
p. 307
Sweet to Me above All Sweetness
p. 312
His Mind Became Healthy (Dekanawida and Hayonhwatha)
p. 318
The Moth and the Star
p. 331
Future Spirit
p. 334
Sun and Flesh
p. 339
Afterword
p. 341
Credits
p. 343
Index by Region
p. 345
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