Gender variance in spirituality: Difference between revisions
imported>MorningSparrow |
imported>MorningSparrow |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
==Organized by region and culture== | ==Organized by region and culture== | ||
===Africa=== | ===Africa=== | ||
| Line 194: | Line 191: | ||
Some spiritual traditions that were made up for use in a fictional story refer to gender-variance, transgender people, and nonbinary people. In real life, some Pagans and magicians choose to include deities and practices of fictional origin in their spiritual practices. Spiritual gender-variant figures from fiction include: | Some spiritual traditions that were made up for use in a fictional story refer to gender-variance, transgender people, and nonbinary people. In real life, some Pagans and magicians choose to include deities and practices of fictional origin in their spiritual practices. Spiritual gender-variant figures from fiction include: | ||
* '''Kyprioth,''' a trickster god in the fictional Tortallan culture, in the fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce (Bloodhound and Trickster’s Choice.) Kyprioth is a transgender man, and makes people be born transgender by touching them in the womb. http://tamorapierce.wikia.com/wiki/Kyprioth | * '''Kyprioth,''' a trickster god in the fictional Tortallan culture, in the fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce (Bloodhound and Trickster’s Choice.) Kyprioth is a transgender man, and makes people be born transgender by touching them in the womb. http://tamorapierce.wikia.com/wiki/Kyprioth | ||
==Gender-variant deities, saints, and spirits, organized by what they are patrons of== | ==Gender-variant deities, saints, and spirits, organized by what they are patrons of== | ||