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In many spiritual traditions, one directs one's prayers or other spiritual practices to an entity who is the patron of the particular issue in concern. For example, if one is praying for healing of an illness, one prays to a deity who is a patron of healing, or even a patron of the specific illness. One often finds that certain genders of deities tend to be patrons of certain concerns, linked with common cultural symbolic associations of gender roles. For example, patrons of the sun tend to be male, and patrons of the moon tend to be female. However, it is possible to find deities, saints, and spirits who preside over virtually any concern who are themselves gender-variant, or at least who have a strong connection to gender-variant people. See above for further information about any of the gender-variant deities, saints, and spirits listed below. | In many spiritual traditions, one directs one's prayers or other spiritual practices to an entity who is the patron of the particular issue in concern. For example, if one is praying for healing of an illness, one prays to a deity who is a patron of healing, or even a patron of the specific illness. One often finds that certain genders of deities tend to be patrons of certain concerns, linked with common cultural symbolic associations of gender roles. For example, patrons of the sun tend to be male, and patrons of the moon tend to be female. However, it is possible to find deities, saints, and spirits who preside over virtually any concern who are themselves gender-variant, or at least who have a strong connection to gender-variant people. See above for further information about any of the gender-variant deities, saints, and spirits listed below. | ||
===Abuse victims and survivors=== | |||
* Joan of Arc, Saint <ref name="JoanMedals">https://catholicsaintmedals.com/saints/st-joan-of-arc/</ref> | * Joan of Arc, Saint <ref name="JoanMedals">https://catholicsaintmedals.com/saints/st-joan-of-arc/</ref> | ||
* Wilgefortis, Saint | * Wilgefortis, Saint | ||
===Actors=== | |||
* Lan Caihe | * Lan Caihe | ||
===Agriculture=== | |||
* Inari | * Inari | ||
===Air, wind, sky=== | |||
* Changing Woman | * Changing Woman | ||
* Janus (the heavens) | * Janus (the heavens) | ||
* Zeus Arrhenothelus | * Zeus Arrhenothelus | ||
===Alcohol=== | |||
* Dionysus | * Dionysus | ||
===Alcohol, abstaining from=== | |||
(See sobriety) | (See sobriety) | ||
===Animals=== | |||
* Aphroditus | * Aphroditus | ||
* Bahuchara Mata | * Bahuchara Mata | ||
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* Kyprioth (of crows) | * Kyprioth (of crows) | ||
===Archery=== | |||
* Neith | * Neith | ||
===Arts=== | |||
(See also: “crafts,” “music and poetry”) | (See also: “crafts,” “music and poetry”) | ||
===Asexuality=== | |||
(For the sexual orientation marked by a lack of sexual attraction, see “celibacy…” as patrons of celibates will likely also be sympathetic to asexuality.) | (For the sexual orientation marked by a lack of sexual attraction, see “celibacy…” as patrons of celibates will likely also be sympathetic to asexuality.) | ||
(For the intersex condition marked by a lack of sexual organs, see “intersex people.”) | (For the intersex condition marked by a lack of sexual organs, see “intersex people.”) | ||
===Battle and war=== | |||
* Athena Promachos | * Athena Promachos | ||
* He'e | * He'e | ||
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* Neith | * Neith | ||
===Beauty=== | |||
* Adonis | * Adonis | ||
* Erzulie Freda | * Erzulie Freda | ||
===Beggars=== | |||
* Lan Caihe | * Lan Caihe | ||
===Beginnings=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Birth=== | |||
* Cybele | * Cybele | ||
* Hercules | * Hercules | ||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Bridges=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Celibacy, chastity, virginity, people who are single by choice (and possibly asexual and aromantic)=== | |||
* Athena (specifically her warrior maiden aspect, Athena Parthenos) | * Athena (specifically her warrior maiden aspect, Athena Parthenos) | ||
* Bahuchara Mata | * Bahuchara Mata | ||
* Wilgefortis, Saint | * Wilgefortis, Saint | ||
===Change=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Children=== | |||
* Erzulie Freda | * Erzulie Freda | ||
* Hercules | * Hercules | ||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
===Cities=== | |||
* Athena Polias | * Athena Polias | ||
===Civilization=== | |||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
===Compassion=== | |||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
===Crafts=== | |||
(See also: “weaving”) | (See also: “weaving”) | ||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
* Enki | * Enki | ||
===Creation=== | |||
* Obatala | * Obatala | ||
===Cross-dressing=== | |||
* Aphroditus | * Aphroditus | ||
* Dionysus | * Dionysus | ||
===Crossroads=== | |||
* Legba (Ellegua) | * Legba (Ellegua) | ||
* Pomba Gira | * Pomba Gira | ||
===Dance=== | |||
* Huehuecoyotl | * Huehuecoyotl | ||
===Death=== | |||
* Dionysus | * Dionysus | ||
* Ghede Nibo | * Ghede Nibo | ||
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* Osiris | * Osiris | ||
===Disabled people=== | |||
(See also: “mentally ill people.”) | (See also: “mentally ill people.”) | ||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
===Divorce=== | |||
* Wilgefortis, Saint | * Wilgefortis, Saint | ||
===Domestic abuse victims and survivors=== | |||
* Wilgefortis, Saint | |||
===Drag queens=== | |||
* Pomba Gira | * Pomba Gira | ||
===Earth=== | |||
* Baphomet | * Baphomet | ||
* Tatenen | * Tatenen | ||
===Eunuchs=== | |||
* Shiva as Ardhanari | * Shiva as Ardhanari | ||
* Bahuchara Mata | * Bahuchara Mata | ||
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* Samba | * Samba | ||
===Family=== | |||
* Ardhanarisvara | * Ardhanarisvara | ||
===Fertility=== | |||
(see also "harvest") | (see also "harvest") | ||
* Aphroditus | * Aphroditus | ||
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* Wadj-Wer | * Wadj-Wer | ||
===Fire=== | |||
* Loki | * Loki | ||
===Flowers and florists=== | |||
* Erzulie Freda | * Erzulie Freda | ||
* Lan Caihe | * Lan Caihe | ||
===Fortune telling, omens of the future=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Gateways and doorways=== | |||
*Janus | *Janus | ||
===Gay men=== | |||
(See also: “lesbian women,” “love,” “marriage,” “sexuality.”) | (See also: “lesbian women,” “love,” “marriage,” “sexuality.”) | ||
* Aphrodite Urania | * Aphrodite Urania | ||
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* Erzulie Freda | * Erzulie Freda | ||
===Harvest=== | |||
(see also "fertility") | (see also "fertility") | ||
===Hair=== | |||
* Wilgefortis, Saint (of facial hair) | * Wilgefortis, Saint (of facial hair) | ||
===Hunting=== | |||
* Neith | * Neith | ||
===Humankind=== | |||
* Obatala | * Obatala | ||
===Illness (warding against)=== | |||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
===Intelligence=== | |||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
* Baphomet | * Baphomet | ||
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* Odin | * Odin | ||
===Impotence=== | |||
(See also: “celibacy,” “fertility,” “sterile women.”) | (See also: “celibacy,” “fertility,” “sterile women.”) | ||
* Bahuchara Mata | * Bahuchara Mata | ||
===Intersex people=== | |||
* Ardhanarisvara | * Ardhanarisvara | ||
* Bahuchara Mata | * Bahuchara Mata | ||
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* Turquoise Boy | * Turquoise Boy | ||
===Jupiter (planet)=== | |||
* Zeus Arrhenothelus | * Zeus Arrhenothelus | ||
===Law and justice=== | |||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
===Lesbian women=== | |||
(See also: “gay men,” “love,” “marriage,” “sexuality,” “women.”) | (See also: “gay men,” “love,” “marriage,” “sexuality,” “women.”) | ||
* Erzulie Dantor | * Erzulie Dantor | ||
===Liminal spaces=== | |||
(Including middle grounds between different places, phases, or concepts) | (Including middle grounds between different places, phases, or concepts) | ||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Love=== | |||
* Aphrodite Urania | * Aphrodite Urania | ||
* Erzulie Freda | * Erzulie Freda | ||
===Marriage=== | |||
* Ardhanarisvara | * Ardhanarisvara | ||
* Hermaphroditus | * Hermaphroditus | ||
* Neith | * Neith | ||
===Martyrs=== | |||
* Joan of Arc, Saint | * Joan of Arc, Saint | ||
===Mathematics=== | |||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
===Mentally ill people=== | |||
(See also: “disabled people.”) | (See also: “disabled people.”) | ||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
* Lan Caihe | * Lan Caihe | ||
===Mercury (planet)=== | |||
* Enki | * Enki | ||
* Odin | * Odin | ||
===Mothers=== | |||
* Ardhanarisvara | * Ardhanarisvara | ||
* Cybele | * Cybele | ||
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* Leto | * Leto | ||
===Moon=== | |||
* Aphroditus | * Aphroditus | ||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
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* White Shell Girl | * White Shell Girl | ||
===Mountains=== | |||
* Cybele | * Cybele | ||
===Mirrors=== | |||
* Ishi Kore Dome No Kami | * Ishi Kore Dome No Kami | ||
===Music and poetry=== | |||
* Huehuecoyotl | * Huehuecoyotl | ||
* Lan Caihe | * Lan Caihe | ||
* Odin | * Odin | ||
===New Year=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Nurturing=== | |||
(See also: “compassion,” “love.”) | (See also: “compassion,” “love.”) | ||
* Aphroditus | * Aphroditus | ||
===Philosophy=== | |||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
===Piety (patron of those ridiculed for thier piety)=== | |||
* Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" /> | * Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" /> | ||
===Plants and trees=== | |||
* Agdistis (of almond and pomegranate) | * Agdistis (of almond and pomegranate) | ||
* Aphroditus | * Aphroditus | ||
* Dionysus (of fig) | * Dionysus (of fig) | ||
===Pregnancy=== | |||
(See also “birth”, “fertility”, and "mothers") | (See also “birth”, “fertility”, and "mothers") | ||
* Bahuchara Mata | * Bahuchara Mata | ||
===Prisoners=== | |||
* Joan of Arc, Saint | * Joan of Arc, Saint | ||
===Psychic abilities=== | |||
* Odin | * Odin | ||
===Rape survivors=== | |||
* Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" /> | * Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" /> | ||
===Sailors=== | |||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
===Sexuality=== | |||
* Ardhanarisvara | * Ardhanarisvara | ||
* Baphomet | * Baphomet | ||
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* Aphrodite Urania (Venus Barbata) | * Aphrodite Urania (Venus Barbata) | ||
===Sex workers=== | |||
* Aphrodite Urania (Venus Barbata) | * Aphrodite Urania (Venus Barbata) | ||
* Inanna (Ishtar) | * Inanna (Ishtar) | ||
===Sheperds=== | |||
* Pales | * Pales | ||
===Singles=== | |||
(See “Celibacy” or "Love") | (See “Celibacy” or "Love") | ||
===Sobriety=== | |||
* Obatala | * Obatala | ||
===Soldiers=== | |||
* Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" /> | * Joan of Arc, Saint<ref name="JoanMedals" /> | ||
===Sterile women=== | |||
(See also: “celibacy” and “fertility”) | (See also: “celibacy” and “fertility”) | ||
* Enki | * Enki | ||
===Stone cutters=== | |||
* Ishi Kore Dome No Kami | * Ishi Kore Dome No Kami | ||
===Sun=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
* Turquoise Boy | * Turquoise Boy | ||
===Time=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Transgender people of any kind=== | |||
(including third-gender groups such as two-spirits) | (including third-gender groups such as two-spirits) | ||
(See also: transgender men, transgender women) | (See also: transgender men, transgender women) | ||
* Ardhanarisvara | * Ardhanarisvara | ||
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* Kyprioth | * Kyprioth | ||
===Transgender men=== | |||
(including trans masculine third-gender groups, and people assigned female at birth who assume a male role, and/or pass as male) | (including trans masculine third-gender groups, and people assigned female at birth who assume a male role, and/or pass as male) | ||
(See also: men) | (See also: men) | ||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
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* Marinus, Saint | * Marinus, Saint | ||
===Transgender women=== | |||
(including trans feminine third-gender groups such as hijras) | (including trans feminine third-gender groups such as hijras) | ||
(See also: women) | (See also: women) | ||
* Ardhanarisvara | * Ardhanarisvara | ||
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* Shiva as Ardhanari | * Shiva as Ardhanari | ||
===Transition=== | |||
* Janus | * Janus | ||
===Trickery and tricksters=== | |||
* Coyote | * Coyote | ||
* Kyprioth | * Kyprioth | ||
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* Pales | * Pales | ||
===Vegetarianism=== | |||
* Bahuchara Mata | * Bahuchara Mata | ||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
===Venus (planet)=== | |||
* Inanna | * Inanna | ||
* Kwanyin | * Kwanyin | ||
* Venus Barbata | * Venus Barbata | ||
===War=== | |||
(See “battle and war”) | (See “battle and war”) | ||
===Water and water bodies=== | |||
* Enki | * Enki | ||
* Hapi | * Hapi | ||
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* Wadj-wer | * Wadj-wer | ||
===Weaving=== | |||
* Athena | * Athena | ||
* Neith | * Neith | ||
===Weddings=== | |||
(See marriage) | (See marriage) | ||
===Wilderness and nature=== | |||
* Cybele | * Cybele | ||
* Dionysus | * Dionysus | ||
===Wisdom=== | |||
(See “Intelligence and wisdom”) | (See “Intelligence and wisdom”) | ||
===Women=== | |||
(See also: lesbian women, transgender women) | (See also: lesbian women, transgender women) | ||
* Cybele | * Cybele | ||