Polyamory/Triads/3somes in mythology

[anassa_anemou]

Hi

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[serpent_849]

maybe a search for [mythology love triangle] could produce some good results?

[anassa_anemou]

I will try, when first thought about it my reaction was that the results would come with one

[anassa_anemou]

female and males fighting for her

[beccastareyes]

I remember there's a story in the One Thousand and One Nights (found it) about a prince and princess who happen to fall for each other as a result of a djinn prank, despite living far from one another. They eventually meet in person when the prince's retainer tracks the princess down, and set out to return to the prince's homeland. Unfortunately, they're separated and the princess disguises herself as her husband to continue the trip... only to find herself accidentally married to a princess of a country she was passing through. Thankfully, Princess #2 is amiable about the 'surprise, your husband is a woman!' thing, and eventually she and Princess #1 reunite with the prince and both end up happily married to him.

Unfortunately, polygyny in the Islamic world probably isn't what you want, nor are folktales rather than myths. But it's the first thing that comes to mind.

[anassa_anemou]

but this good! folk is a big yes in my book, thank you

[beccastareyes]

You're welcome.

[sethg_prime]

The closest thing I could think of, which unfortunately isn’t very close, is The Erotes, a classical Greek dialogue in which two men argue whether sex with women or with boys is superior.

[anassa_anemou]

thank you anyway, that one is hillarious, I rembember translating a tiny piece in my ancient greek textbook

[sethg_prime]

There's also one of Horace's Odes where a man and a woman almost literally have knives out for each other because they both fancy the same young man... who isn't interested in either of them. .

An interesting text to put in front of 16 year old girls in the 1960s, before gay sex was legalised

[anassa_anemou]

I take a look, thank you^^

Also, I'm a Ancient Greek Minor and lol for what texts people used to show kids. Thought sometimes I prefer that
*like me reading Mists of Avalon, age 11* than some stupid things people think kids should read.

[archangelbeth]

You might consider looking at the Hindu pantheon; if I recall correctly, many of the gods were aspected, so Gentle Goddess could also turn into Kali the Destroyer. It's not quite polyamory, but it's sort of "married to different personalities/aspects"?

[anassa_anemou]

That's really awesome. I didn't think that way,but it's possible to twist on the idea.
Thank you!

[hexeengel]

Are love triangles such as the Greek Hephaestus married to Aphrodite who sleeps with Ares out of the question? Or Hera married to Zeus who has several other lovers? Or in Norse mythology, Loki having three wives (the only two names I remember are Sigyn and Angrboda)?

[anassa_anemou]

I'm still not sure, but love triangles can be tricker to manage, since infidelity kind of kills the whole
3 alternative relationship thing,

Also, Thank you.