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* '''Legba (Ellegua)''', usually male, but changes sex in some stories, and is sometimes portrayed by a girl wearing a phallus. | * '''Legba (Ellegua)''', usually male, but changes sex in some stories, and is sometimes portrayed by a girl wearing a phallus. | ||
* '''Mawu-Lisa''', combination of male Mawa and female Lisa | * '''Mawu-Lisa''', combination of male Mawa and female Lisa | ||
* '''Mwari''', both male and female | * '''Mwari''', also known as '''Musikavanhu''', '''Musiki''', '''Tenzi''' and '''Ishe''', is the Supreme Creator deity according to Shona traditional religion. Although missionary Bible translations gendered Mwari as male, the Shona understood Mwari as being both male and female, or else neither male nor female.<ref>Obvious Vengeyi, 'The Bible in the Service of Pan-Africanism', in ''The Bible and Politics in Africa'', ed. M. Gunda and J. Kugler (University of Bamburg Press, 2012), pp. 85-6. </ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The God of the Matopo Hills: An Essay on the Mwari Cult in Rhodesia|last=Daneel|first=Marthinus L.|publisher=Mouton & Co.|year=1970|location=The Hague, Netherlands|pages=16}}</ref> | ||
* '''Nana-Buluku''', in Fon tradition, is creator of the world, a god both male and female. This Creator gave birth to the sun (male Liza) and moon (female Mawu). | * '''Nana-Buluku''', in Fon tradition, is creator of the world, a god both male and female. This Creator gave birth to the sun (male Liza) and moon (female Mawu). | ||
* '''Pomba Gira''', patron of drag queens, might be the female version of Legba. | * '''Pomba Gira''', patron of [[drag]] queens, might be the female version of Legba. | ||
* '''Vondu''', a god both male and female | * '''Vondu''', a god both male and female | ||