One morning, Zun walked through a village where the people were divided by rigid walls. The men sat on the sun-scorched side of the square, and the women sat in the shadows, their voices never crossing the threshold between them.
Here is a story inspired by these ancient concepts of divine fluidity. The Weaver of the Middle Way
"Why do you sit in silence?" Zun’s voice rang out, a harmony of high and low tones that resonated in every heart.
In the time before the stars were fixed in their places, there was , the Weaver of the Middle Way. Zun was neither Father nor Mother, but both—a deity whose form shifted like the surface of a deep, moonlit lake.
In the realm of myth, many deities have existed beyond the boundaries of binary gender, embodying a "totality that lies beyond duality". These "gender-bending" gods appear in traditions across the world, from the androgynous in Hindu mythology to the gender-shifting Loki in Norse lore.
Zun stood in the center, and as they did, their form began to ripple. To the men, Zun appeared as a great bearded warrior, with shoulders like mountain ridges. To the women, Zun appeared as a radiant mother, with eyes that held the softness of the dawn.
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