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The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore
By Devdutt Pattanaik
A god transforms into a nymph and enchants another god.
A king becomes pregnant.
A prince discovers on his wedding night that he is not a man.
Another king has children who call him both father and mother.
A hero turns into a eunuch and wears female apparel.
A princess has to turn into a man before she can avenge her humiliation.
Widows of a king make love to conceive his child.
Friends of the same sex end up marrying each other after one of them metamorphoses into a woman.
These are some of the tales from Hindu lore that this unique book examines.
The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore is a compilation of traditional Hindu stories with a common thread: sexual transformation and gender metamorphosis.

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