Gender variance in spirituality: Difference between revisions

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    ===Abuse victims and survivors===
    ===Abuse victims and survivors===
    * Joan of Arc, Saint <ref name="JoanMedals">https://catholicsaintmedals.com/saints/st-joan-of-arc/</ref>
    * Wilgefortis, Saint
    * Wilgefortis, Saint


    ===Actors===
    ===Actors===
    * Lan Caihe
    * Lan Caihe
    * Dionysus


    ===Agriculture===
    ===Agriculture===
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    * Changing Woman
    * Changing Woman
    * Janus (the heavens)
    * Janus (the heavens)
    * Zeus Arrhenothelus


    ===Alcohol===
    ===Alcohol===
    * Dionysus
    * Dionysus
    ===Alcohol, abstaining from===
    (See sobriety)


    ===Animals===  
    ===Animals===  
    * Aphroditus
    * Bahuchara Mata
    * Bahuchara Mata
    * Coyote
    * Coyote
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    ===Battle and war===
    ===Battle and war===
    * Athena Promachos
    * He'e
    * He'e
    * Joan of Arc, Saint
    * Neith
    * Neith


    ===Beauty===
    ===Beauty===
    * Adonis
    * Erzulie Freda
    * Erzulie Freda
    * Aphrodite
    * Venus


    ===Beggars===
    ===Beggars===
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    * Janus
    * Janus


    ===Celibacy, chastity, virginity, people who are single by choice (and possibly asexual and aromantic)===
    ===Celibacy(and possibly asexual and aromantic)===
    * Athena (specifically her warrior maiden aspect, Athena Parthenos)
    * Bahuchara Mata  
    * Bahuchara Mata  
    * Wilgefortis, Saint
    * Wilgefortis, Saint
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    * Hercules  
    * Hercules  
    * Kwanyin
    * Kwanyin
    ===Cities===
    * Athena Polias


    ===Civilization===
    ===Civilization===
    * Athena
    * Inanna


    ===Compassion===
    ===Compassion===
    * Kwanyin
    * Kwanyin
    ===Crafts===
    (See also: “weaving”)
    * Athena
    * Enki


    ===Creation===
    ===Creation===
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    ===Cross-dressing===
    ===Cross-dressing===
    * Aphroditus
    * Dionysus
    * Dionysus


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    (See also: “mentally ill people.”)  
    (See also: “mentally ill people.”)  
    * Kwanyin
    * Kwanyin
    *Dionysus
    * Dionysus


    ===Divorce===
    ===Divorce===
    * Wilgefortis, Saint
    ===Domestic abuse victims and survivors===
    * Wilgefortis, Saint
    * Wilgefortis, Saint


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    (see also "harvest")
    (see also "harvest")
    * Aphroditus
    * Bahuchara Mata  
    * Bahuchara Mata  
    * Cybele
    * Cybele
    * Dionysus
    * Dionysus
    * Enki
    * Hapi
    * Hapi
    * Hermaphroditus
    * Hermaphroditus
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    ===Intelligence===
    ===Intelligence===
    * Athena
    * Baphomet
    * Baphomet
    * Enki
    * Odin
    * Odin


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    * Bahuchara Mata  
    * Bahuchara Mata  
    * Changing Woman
    * Changing Woman
    * Enki
    * Hermaphroditus
    * Turquoise Boy
    * Turquoise Boy
    ===Jupiter (planet)===
    * Zeus Arrhenothelus
    ===Law and justice===
    * Athena


    ===Lesbian women===
    ===Lesbian women===
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    ===Love===
    ===Love===
    * Aphrodite Urania
    * Aphrodite
    * Venus
    * Inanna
    * Erzulie Freda
    * Erzulie Freda


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    * Hermaphroditus
    * Hermaphroditus
    * Neith
    * Neith
    ===Martyrs===
    * Joan of Arc, Saint
    ===Mathematics===
    * Athena


    ===Mentally ill people===
    ===Mentally ill people===
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    * Kwanyin
    * Kwanyin
    * Lan Caihe
    * Lan Caihe
    * Dionysus


    ===Mercury (planet)===
    ===Mercury (planet)===
    * Enki
    * Odin
    * Odin


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    * Mylitta
    * Mylitta
    * Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
    * Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
    * Venus Barbata
    * Venus
    * White Shell Girl
    * White Shell Girl


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    * Lan Caihe
    * Lan Caihe
    * Odin
    * Odin
    * Dionysus


    ===New Year===
    ===New Year===
    * Janus
    * Janus
    ===Nurturing===
    (See also: “compassion,” “love.”)
    * Aphroditus
    ===Philosophy===
    * Athena
    ===Piety (patron of those ridiculed for thier piety)===
    * Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" />
    ===Plants and trees===
    * Agdistis (of almond and pomegranate)
    * Aphroditus
    * Dionysus (of fig)


    ===Pregnancy===
    ===Pregnancy===
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    (See also “birth”, “fertility”, and "mothers")
    (See also “birth”, “fertility”, and "mothers")
    * Bahuchara Mata
    * Bahuchara Mata
    ===Prisoners===
    * Joan of Arc, Saint
       
       
    ===Psychic abilities===
    ===Psychic abilities===
    * Odin
    * Odin
    ===Rape survivors===
    * Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" />


    ===Sailors===
    ===Sailors===
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    * Hermaphroditus
    * Hermaphroditus
    * Pomba Gira  
    * Pomba Gira  
    * Aphrodite Urania (Venus Barbata)
    * Aphrodite
    * Dionysus


    ===Sex workers===
    ===Sex workers===
    * Aphrodite Urania (Venus Barbata)
    * Aphrodite  
    * Inanna (Ishtar)
    * Inanna  


    ===Sheperds===
    ===Sheperds===
    * Pales
    * Pales
    ===Singles===
    (See “Celibacy” or "Love")


    ===Sobriety===
    ===Sobriety===
    * Obatala
    * Obatala
     
    * Dionysus
    ===Soldiers===
    * Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" />
     
    ===Sterile women===
     
    (See also: “celibacy” and “fertility”)
    * Enki


    ===Stone cutters===
    ===Stone cutters===
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    (See also: transgender men, transgender women)
    (See also: transgender men, transgender women)
    * Ardhanarisvara
    * Ardhanarisvara
    * Enki
    * Inanna
    * Aphroditus
    * Kyprioth
    * Kyprioth
    * Dionysus


    ===Transgender men===
    ===Transgender men===
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    (See also: men)
    (See also: men)
    * Athena
    * Ardhanarisvara
    * Ardhanarisvara
    * Enki
    * Eugene, Saint
    * Eugene, Saint
    * Joan of Arc, Saint
    * Kyprioth
    * Kyprioth
    * Leto
    * Marinus, Saint
    * Marinus, Saint


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    * Bahuchara Mata
    * Bahuchara Mata
    * Cybele
    * Cybele
    * Enki
    * Kyprioth
    * Kyprioth
    * Inanna
    * Aphrodite
    * Samba
    * Samba
    * Shiva as Ardhanari
    * Shiva as Ardhanari
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    * Inanna
    * Inanna
    * Kwanyin
    * Kwanyin
    * Venus Barbata
    * Aphrodite
     
    * Venus
    ===War===
     
    (See “battle and war”)


    ===Water and water bodies===
    ===Water and water bodies===
    * Enki
    * Hapi
    * Hapi
    * Neith
    * Neith
    * Kwanyin
    * Kwanyin
    * Osiris (Nile)
    * Obatala
    * Obatala
    * Wadj-wer
    * Wadj-wer


    ===Weaving===
    ===Weaving===
    * Athena
    * Neith
    * Neith
    ===Weddings===
    (See marriage)


    ===Wilderness and nature===
    ===Wilderness and nature===
    * Cybele
    * Cybele
    * Dionysus
    * Dionysus
    ===Wisdom===
    (See “Intelligence and wisdom”)


    ===Women===
    ===Women===
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    * Kwanyin
    * Kwanyin
    * Neith
    * Neith
    * Inanna
    * Aphrodite
    * Venus


    ==Gender-variant figures from spirituality, organized by their sex and/or gender==
    ==Gender-variant figures from spirituality, organized by their sex and/or gender==