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Gender variant deities in other African and African diaspora religions: | Gender variant deities in other African and African diaspora religions: | ||
* '''Ataa Naa Nyomo''' or '''Ataa-Naa-Nyomo''' is the deity worshipped by the Ga people of Ghana and is considered both female and male.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Masculine Women, Feminist Men: Assertions and Contradictions in Mawugbe's In the Chest of a Woman |journal=Theatre History Studies |date=2010 |volume=30 |author=Awo Mana Asiedu |doi=10.1353/ths.2010.0030 | * '''Ataa Naa Nyomo''' or '''Ataa-Naa-Nyomo''' is the deity worshipped by the Ga people of Ghana and is considered both female and male.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Masculine Women, Feminist Men: Assertions and Contradictions in Mawugbe's In the Chest of a Woman |journal=Theatre History Studies |date=2010 |volume=30 |author=Awo Mana Asiedu |doi=10.1353/ths.2010.0030}}</ref> | ||
* '''Baron Samedi''', a dandy who sometimes wears a combination of masculine and feminine clothing at the same time{{citation needed}} | * '''Baron Samedi''', a dandy who sometimes wears a combination of masculine and feminine clothing at the same time{{citation needed}} | ||
* '''Ghede Nibo''' (also known as '''Gedé Nibo''', '''Gedé Nimbo''', '''Guede Nibo''' or '''Gedé Ninbo''') A figure in Haitian Vodou. Formerly human until he was killed and became a Lwa (spirit).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guede_Nibo [https://web.archive.org/web/20230508021032/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guede_Nibo Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> He is a healer, leader of the dead, and guardian of children. "Gedé Nibo straddles the borders between death and life, sex and death, and between genders, too. Nibo may wear mixed feminine and masculine attire. A witty trickster with an eye for a joke, he is simultaneously macho and feminine." He has been described as pansexual, transgender, and homoerotic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gedé Nibo |author=Ferre, Lux |work=Occult World |date=13 November 2017 |access-date=27 March 2022 |url= https://occult-world.com/gede-nibo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129115012/https://occult-world.com/gede-nibo/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | * '''Ghede Nibo''' (also known as '''Gedé Nibo''', '''Gedé Nimbo''', '''Guede Nibo''' or '''Gedé Ninbo''') A figure in Haitian Vodou. Formerly human until he was killed and became a Lwa (spirit).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guede_Nibo [https://web.archive.org/web/20230508021032/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guede_Nibo Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> He is a healer, leader of the dead, and guardian of children. "Gedé Nibo straddles the borders between death and life, sex and death, and between genders, too. Nibo may wear mixed feminine and masculine attire. A witty trickster with an eye for a joke, he is simultaneously macho and feminine." He has been described as pansexual, transgender, and homoerotic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gedé Nibo |author=Ferre, Lux |work=Occult World |date=13 November 2017 |access-date=27 March 2022 |url= https://occult-world.com/gede-nibo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129115012/https://occult-world.com/gede-nibo/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> |