all the crossdressing and/or genderbending shapeshifting “as a joke” ““to trick someone”” was some of the more interesting things in nordic mythology and we’ve yet to see an adaptation do it justice
It even goes farther than that. Most magic, soothsaying, and divination was seen as feminine, so that we have attestations of several men/AMAB priests engaging in these practices often needed to cross-dress at the very least.
all the crossdressing and/or genderbending shapeshifting “as a joke” ““to trick someone”” was some of the more interesting things in nordic mythology and we’ve yet to see an adaptation do it justice
Loki got pregnant, Thor was a bride, Odin mastered the magic of women.
It even goes farther than that. Most magic, soothsaying, and divination was seen as feminine, so that we have attestations of several men/AMAB priests engaging in these practices often needed to cross-dress at the very least.