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===Greco-Roman religions=== | ===Greco-Roman religions=== | ||
[[File:Eros - Apulian red-figured kantharos, Puglia.jpg|thumb|200px|Eros as a winged androgyne. Red-figured kantharos, Italy, 320 to 310 BCE.]] | |||
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Also called Classical religion, the ancient Greek (Hellenistic) and Roman religions featured mythology about the many gods, goddesses, and supernatural heroes. Although these are often seen as dead religions, the Classical deities are still worshiped today by Hellenistic Pagans. | Also called Classical religion, the ancient Greek (Hellenistic) and Roman religions featured mythology about the many gods, goddesses, and supernatural heroes. Although these are often seen as dead religions, the Classical deities are still worshiped today by Hellenistic Pagans. | ||
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* '''Caeneus''' (also called Caenus, Caenis, or Kaineus) was a mighty warrior who had been divinely changed from a woman to a man. When Caeneus was female, the god Poseidon had raped him, and then offered a wish. Caeneus wished to become a man with the power of being impenetrable by anything, so that he could never be raped again in any way. As a result, Caenus also became supernaturally invulnerable to being penetrated by any weapon, such as swords and arrows. A centaur found out Caeneus's secrets, and so mocked him, and then defeated Caeneus by burying him under logs and boulders.<ref>Michael Hernandez, “Exploring FTM mythology, part 1: Raising Caeneus.” http://www.otherbear.com/Raising%20Caeneus.pdf</ref> | * '''Caeneus''' (also called Caenus, Caenis, or Kaineus) was a mighty warrior who had been divinely changed from a woman to a man. When Caeneus was female, the god Poseidon had raped him, and then offered a wish. Caeneus wished to become a man with the power of being impenetrable by anything, so that he could never be raped again in any way. As a result, Caenus also became supernaturally invulnerable to being penetrated by any weapon, such as swords and arrows. A centaur found out Caeneus's secrets, and so mocked him, and then defeated Caeneus by burying him under logs and boulders.<ref>Michael Hernandez, “Exploring FTM mythology, part 1: Raising Caeneus.” http://www.otherbear.com/Raising%20Caeneus.pdf</ref> | ||
* '''Tiresias''' (Teiresias), a man who was changed to a woman for several years and back again. He settled a dispute between Zeus and Hera about whether men or women experience more pleasure during sex. He said women did, which angered Hera, so she blinded him. To make up for it, Zeus gave Tiresias the power of prophesy. Some consider Tiresias to have those powers because of having experienced life as a man and as a woman.<ref>Raven Kaldera, ''Hermaphrodeities'', p. 238-239.</ref> | * '''Tiresias''' (Teiresias), a man who was changed to a woman for several years and back again. He settled a dispute between Zeus and Hera about whether men or women experience more pleasure during sex. He said women did, which angered Hera, so she blinded him. To make up for it, Zeus gave Tiresias the power of prophesy. Some consider Tiresias to have those powers because of having experienced life as a man and as a woman.<ref>Raven Kaldera, ''Hermaphrodeities'', p. 238-239.</ref> | ||
====Art of Hermaphroditus, Aphroditus, or figures believed by historians to be them==== | |||
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File:Statua di Ermafrodito tipo Anasyromenos.jpg|Hermaphroditus or Aphroditus in skirt-lifting (''anasyrma'') pose, a magical gesture to ward off bad luck. | |||
File:Bronze hermaphrodite figures in the Louvre.jpg|Bronze statue in the Louvre of Hermaphroditus, Aphroditus, and a herma representing Hermes. | |||
File:Ermafrodito, 50 ac-50 dc ca. 01.JPG|Ancient Roman bronze statuette in the Museo archeologico nazionale (Florence). | |||
File:Fresco depicting Hermaphroditus. Museo Barracco 01.jpg|Fresco fragment depicting Hermaphroditus, 2nd half of 3rd century AD, from Capua, Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco, Rome | |||
File:Toletta di Ermafrodito.jpg|Toilet of Hermaphroditus, an engraving of a fresco from the House of Adonis and Venus, Pompeii. | |||
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====Other gender-variant figures from Greek and Roman mythology==== | |||
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File:Kaineus centaurs MAR Palermo NI1845.jpg|Caeneus fighting centaurs. Attic black-figure lekythos, 520–510 BC. | |||
File:Tiresias striking the snakes.png|Tiresias transformed into a woman by Hera for striking at copulating snakes. | |||
File:Villa Caprarola Gabinete de Ermatena.jpg|Hermathena, painted by Federico Zuccaro, circa 1566. | |||
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===Norse religion=== | ===Norse religion=== | ||
[[File:Ed0019.jpg|thumb|Loki dressing Thor, the thunder god, in feminine clothing. Illustration by Carl Larsson and Gunnar Forssell in the ''Poetic Edda'', 1893.]] | [[File:Ed0019.jpg|thumb|Loki dressing Thor, the thunder god, in feminine clothing. Illustration by Carl Larsson and Gunnar Forssell in the ''Poetic Edda'', 1893.]] | ||