• Oisteink@lemmy.worldEnglish
    86·
    1 年前

    Yet being top was accepted and revered. I’d say they were somewhat bi-friendly, and I’ve yet to hear about how they viewed lesbians.

    Both Loki and Odin takes the roles/duties of women several times, while not being cast out or referred to as ergi.

    Cross dressing I think was harder to execute as the manly outfits were lavish already.

    • uid0gid0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      1 年前

      When the giant Thyrm stole Thor’s hammer and wanted to marry Freya, the other gods made Thor dress in drag and pretend to be the bride to get it back.

      • holyshitflapjacks@lemm.eeEnglish
        71·
        1 年前

        Thor literally doesn’t want to dress as a woman in this story EXPRESSLY because he fears being labeled ergi. He says this explicitly.

        This is story is a comedy, and this portion of it is told as a joke at Thor’s expense, where Loki and Freya tease him about it.

    • Pleb@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      1 年前

      Both Loki and Odin takes the roles/duties of women several times, while not being cast out or referred to as ergi.

      I think in that case a neat Latin phrase applies:

      Quid licet Iovi, non licet bovi.