Gender variance in spirituality: Difference between revisions

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    [[File:C+B-Nile-Hapi.PNG|thumb|100px|Hapi, an ancient Egyptian god.]]
    [[File:C+B-Nile-Hapi.PNG|thumb|100px|Hapi, an ancient Egyptian god.]]
    Gender-variant deities and figures in ancient Egyptian religion:
    Gender-variant deities and figures in ancient Egyptian religion:
    * '''Hapi''', god of the Nile River, often depicted as a man with breasts, representing the fertility of the river.
    * '''Hapi''', god of the Nile River, often depicted as a man with breasts and a fake beard. His transness is often seen as related to his fertility aspects. <ref> [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hapi] </ref>
    * '''Isis''', a goddess, was said to have answered a mortal's wish for a change of sex. The mortal was Iphis, child of Ligdus and Telethusa. Telethusa raised Iphis as a boy, because Ligdus said he would kill the child otherwise. Isis answered Iphis's pleas to change into a man, so that Iphis could marry and live happily ever after.
    * '''Shai(male)/Shait(female)''', who was sometimes portrayed both as male and female. Being the personification of fate, gender was not a concern, and is variable depending on the place and time.
    * '''Neith (Nit)''', sometimes depicted as a woman wearing an artificial phallus.
    * '''Tatenen''', [[androgynous]] mother or father of the earth. He is a creator deity, being seen as creating the land itself. Because of his status as a creator, he is seen as androgynous. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143914/www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/religion/tatenen.htm] </ref>
    * '''Osiris (Asar, Wesir, Usire)''' was castrated and given an artificial phallus
    * '''Wadj-wer''', sometimes depicted as a pregnant man. He relates to water, the Mediterranian, and fertility, the later aspect likely the reason for the pregnancy. <ref> [https://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/wadjwer.htm] </ref>
    * '''Ra''', who [[castration|castrated]] himself
    * '''Set''', who was castrated
    * '''Shai (Shait)''', who was sometimes portrayed as male, or as female
    * '''Tatenen''', male or [[androgynous]] mother of the gods
    * '''Wadj-wer''', sometimes depicted as androgynous or a pregnant man


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    ====Other African and African diaspora religions====
    ====Other African and African diaspora religions====


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