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==