Trans and Genderfluid Legends
West Asia
- Asu-shu-namir: queer hero of Akkadian myth
- From Sumerian mythology: the non-binary agents who saved the Queen of Heaven
China
- Legend of the Royal Consort of the Kaiming Dynasty, a person who transformed into a woman and married a king
- Epidemic Fairytale: How gender-fluid Moon Hare saved Beijing from pestilence
- Cat spirits of Jinhua: moon-powered shapeshifters
South Asia
Check out Devdutt Pattanaik’s book Man Who Was A Woman: And Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore
Devoted Homoromantic / Queerplatonic Same-Sex Partrnerships
West Asia
South Asia
China
Bisexual/Pansexual Spirits and Humans
China
More to come