Because Odin Was Heterosexually Active He Was in Danger of Depleting His Semen the Source of His Powers and Therefore He Had to Replenish His Supply From Time to Time the Myths Tell Us That He Did This by Visiting Corpses Hanging From Gallows on These Visits Odin Drank the Semen Ejacu- Lated by the Hanged Men as an Aesir Who Could Change His Shape Usually Into That of an Ani- Mal and Who Gained Arcane Knowledge by Swallowing Semen There Was Only a Small Step to Changing Sex and Playing a Female Role in Homosexual Encounters Moreover Though Odin Was a War God He Fought With Magic Rather Than Physical Prowess and Thus Had Nothing to Lose From Feminiza- Tion His Followers Who Fought With Muscle and Magic Did >neopagans Source the Construction of Homosexuality by David F Greenberg