Splitting the Difference Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India

Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions Wendy Doniger — 1999

Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled. This text recounts and compares a range of these. The comparisons show that differences in gender are more significant than differences in culture.