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This trope applies not just to gods, but also to demigods and others with [[Divine Parentage]]. [[Values Dissonance|It is a staple of]] [[Greek Mythology]]. Nowadays, it's mostly a [[Forgotten Trope]]. See also [[Double Standard Rape (Sci Fi)]].

 

== [[Classical Mythology|ZEUS, God of Horndogs!]] ==

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* Io had it particularly rough. She was pestered by Zeus to have sex with him until her father was fed up with it and kicked her out (because you just don't say no to Zeus), and then Zeus raped her. To keep Hera from finding out, Zeus [[Baleful Polymorph|turned her into a cow]], which Hera then forced him to present to her as a gift. Hermes helped Io escape and she fled to Egypt, pursued by a fly that Hera sent to sting her. Once there she finally turned back into a human and became queen. Also, [[Just-So Story|this is why women have periods]].

 

== Type I. ==

* [[Older Than Dirt]]: As king, [[The Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]] (who was 'two thirds' a god) made it a rule that all women who were about to get married had to have sex with him first. This pissed off his subjects, and the gods sent Enkidu to wrestle Gilgamesh and give him an outlet for his pent up energy (and yes, we do realize that [[Ho Yay|can be taken more ways than one]], which was in the original myth too).

* When Hatshepsut was staking her claim for King of Egypt she said that she was actually the ̶d̶a̶u̶g̶h̶t̶e̶r̶ ''son'' of Ra who had slept with her mother in the guise of Thutmose II (her real father). Therefore in the context of the story, Hatshepsut's mum thought she was having sex with her husband when really it was Ra.

 

== Type II. ==

* A very indirect example: when King Minos of Crete refused to sacrifice a white bull for Poseidon, Poseidon punishes him by making Minos' wife Pasiphae fall in love with the bull. She had a wooden cow made and climbed inside so [[But You Screw One Goat!|the bull would have sex with her]]. She then later gave birth to a [[Half-Human Hybrid|half human/half bull creature]] that became the Minotaur.

* [[Celtic Mythology|Cuchulain]] was conceived this way allegedly. His mother Deichtine assisted Lugh's wife in labor. For her reward, Lugh impregnated ''her''.