On sex, gender, the Gods and metaphor

The reflection is not the tree, the map is not the territory, the metaphor is not the reality. Yet nor are these things unrelated. Photo by Redd F on Unsplash

Over the years I’ve spent in inclusive Heathen spaces online, I’ve seen many people ask questions about which Gods might be seen as trans, non-binary, genderfluid, etc. I’ve been part of many discussions on this, on how different ideas of gender relate to the Gods, and I have more thoughts on this than I can fit into a short message on Discord. This essay is an attempt to lay those thoughts out in a more thorough and systematic way.