Monday, June 27, 2022 - 01:27
transgender-like priests of Inana were the Gala. they socially became women, at least some underwent surgical alteration. they had a role in religious sexual ritual and as singers at weddings and the like. it's a vague, but also fascinating facet of antiquity. and in a sense they are a kind of spiritual ancestor to my own existence. https://hornet.com/stories/sad-songs-and-buttsex-the-gala-priests-of-ancient-sumer/