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A Creature of Both Sexes
A Creature of Both Sexes Trying to remember if I ever bathed in this pool. A story from Greek mythology. It was in the woods of Caria, near Halicarnassus that Hermaphroditus encountered the nymph, Salmacis, in her pool. She was overcome by lust for him, as he was very handsome but still young, and tried to seduce him, but was rejected. When he thought her to be gone, he undressed and entered the waters of the empty pool. Salmacis sprang out from behind a tree and jumped into the pool. She wrapped herself around him, forcibly kissing him and touching his breast. While he struggled, she called out to the gods that they should never part. Her wish was granted, and their bodies blended into one form, a creature of both sexes. Hermaphroditus prayed to Hermes and Aphrodite that anyone else who bathed in the pool would be similarly transformed, and his wish was granted. The Metamorphosis of Hermaphrodite and Salmacis painted by Jan Mabuse via Wikimedia. |
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