Gender variance in spirituality: Difference between revisions
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* '''Nit''', a world-creating goddess, who has been called by "the epithet 'The Mother and Father of All Things' and has been addressed as 'Male Who made female; Female Who made male' at the temples of Esna. [...] Nit is said to have created childbirth, and, when referred to as a creatrix, Her name is written with the hieroglyph of an ejaculating phallus."<ref name="kemet tenu" /> | * '''Nit''', a world-creating goddess, who has been called by "the epithet 'The Mother and Father of All Things' and has been addressed as 'Male Who made female; Female Who made male' at the temples of Esna. [...] Nit is said to have created childbirth, and, when referred to as a creatrix, Her name is written with the hieroglyph of an ejaculating phallus."<ref name="kemet tenu" /> | ||
* '''Set''', god of chaos. The mythology describes him having sex with men and women, and specifically mentions him ejaculating, but also calls him a ''sekhet''.<ref name="kemet tenu" /> This suggests that ''sekhet'' does not necessarily mean someone who was castrated. | * '''Set''', god of chaos. The mythology describes him having sex with men and women, and specifically mentions him ejaculating, but also calls him a ''sekhet''.<ref name="kemet tenu" /> This suggests that ''sekhet'' does not necessarily mean someone who was castrated. | ||
* '''Tatenen''', [[androgynous]] mother or father of the earth. | * '''Tatenen''', [[androgynous]] mother or father of the earth. They are a creator deity, being seen as creating the land itself. Because of their status as a creator, they are seen as androgynous. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143914/www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/religion/tatenen.htm] </ref> | ||
* '''Wadj-wer''', sometimes depicted as a pregnant man. He relates to water, the Mediterranean, and fertility, the later aspect likely the reason for the pregnancy.<ref> [https://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/wadjwer.htm] </ref> | * '''Wadj-wer''', sometimes depicted as a pregnant man. He relates to water, the Mediterranean, and fertility, the later aspect likely the reason for the pregnancy.<ref> [https://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/wadjwer.htm] </ref> | ||