Eibairteg

Eibairteg (lit. "beardless") is duagan cultural concept. While literally referring to beardless male duagar, the word has various meanings and connotations, from a homosexual to a transgender duaga to a male prostitute. Historically, duagar would take their enemies as slaves and strip them of their beards, an ultimate symbolic emasculation. Since beardless duagar had lost their status as a man, duagan men could engage sexually with beardless slaves or prostitutes without fear of persecution; on the other hand, stories tell of men who would shave their beards in order to be with their male lovers. The word is also often used as an insult to imply unmanliness.

A prominent group of eibairteg are the mjeith, devotees of the androgynous love god Mjeirnas, whose mystical tradition involves the shedding of earthly gender.

In modern duagan culture, an increasing amount of young duagar are reclaiming eibairteg as their cultural identity, to the astonishment and derision of the mainstream society.