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==Gender-variant figures from spirituality, organized by their sex and/or gender== | |||
===Both male and female at the same time (including primal androgynes)=== | |||
* Agdistis | |||
* Ardhanarisvara | |||
* Baphomet | |||
* Bathala | |||
* Elohim | |||
* Hermaphroditus | |||
* Mawu-Lisa | |||
* Mwari | |||
* Mylitta | |||
* Nana-Buluku | |||
* Obatala (Oxala, Blanc-Dani) | |||
* Phanes | |||
* Purusha | |||
* Ta-aroa | |||
* Vondu | |||
* Zurvan | |||
===Generally or sometimes interpreted as not male, and not female; or transcending gender as we know it=== | |||
* All types of angels in Abrahamic religions are sexless and genderless, though they are usually described in grammatically masculine language | |||
* Brahman | |||
* Holy Ghost, the | |||
===Transgender men, and/or changed sex (female to male)=== | |||
* Kyprioth | |||
===Transgender women, and/or changed sex (male to female)=== | |||
* Samba | |||
===Eunuch (even if in only one out of many stories about this figure)=== | |||
* Dionysus | |||
* Odin as Jalkr | |||
* Osiris | |||
* Ra | |||
* Set | |||
===Female, usually but not always=== | |||
Figures that are usually female, but changed to male on occasion. Or sometimes described/interpreted as both. Or a male or both-gender aspect of a female goddess. | |||
* Athena | |||
* Cybele | |||
* Friga | |||
* Inanna | |||
* Inari Okami (Oinari) | |||
* Kwanyin | |||
* Venus Barbata (Venus Biformis, Aphrodite Urania) | |||
===Male, usually but not always=== | |||
Figures that are usually male, but changed to female on occasion. Or sometimes described/interpreted as both. Or a female or both-gender aspect of a male god. | |||
* Adam (before the creation of Eve) | |||
* Adonis | |||
* Avalokiteśvara | |||
* Coyote | |||
* Jehovah | |||
* Huehuecoyotl | |||
* Janus | |||
* Jesus Christ | |||
* Kwanyin | |||
* Legba (Ellegua) | |||
* Loki | |||
* Zeus Arrhenothelus | |||
===Male, with noted feminine traits=== | |||
* Ghede Nibo | |||
* Hapi | |||
* He’e | |||
* Nih’a’ca | |||
* Samedi, Baron | |||
* Tatenen | |||
* Turquoise Boy | |||
* Wadj-wer | |||
===Female, with noted masculine traits=== | |||
* Athena | |||
* Changing Woman | |||
* Lilith | |||
* White Shell Girl | |||
===Female, adopted male gender expression (such as clothing)=== | |||
* Athena | |||
* Joan of Arc, Saint | |||
* Marinus, Saint | |||
* Neith | |||
* Wilgefortis, Saint | |||
===Male, adopted female gender expression (such as clothing)=== | |||
* Coyote | |||
* Hercules | |||
* Odin as Jalkr | |||
===Uncertain, unspecified, or varying gender=== | |||
* Ishi Kore Dome No Kami | |||
* Lan Caihe (Lan Ts'ai-ho) | |||
* Pales | |||
* Shai (Shait) | |||
* Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||