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* '''Olokun.''' In the religion of Santeria, Olokun a deity of the ocean posessing both sets of genitals, "who wears very long hair and who lives in the depths of the ocean floor with a great retinue of mermaids and tritons."<ref>Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, Santeria: African magic in Latin America, p. 26.</ref> | * '''Olokun.''' In the religion of Santeria, Olokun a deity of the ocean posessing both sets of genitals, "who wears very long hair and who lives in the depths of the ocean floor with a great retinue of mermaids and tritons."<ref>Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, Santeria: African magic in Latin America, p. 26.</ref> | ||
* '''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 | * '''Mawu-Lisa''' (also spelled '''Mahu-Lisa''', '''Mahou-Lissa''', or '''Mahu-Lissa''') is a creator god in the Vodun religious belief. Vodun, from which the word "voodoo" is derived, is practiced by many of the Gbe-speaking tribes of West Africa, but most notably the Ewe and Fon people. (Vodun means "spirits" in the Gbe language.) Mawu-Lisa is a combination of the feminine aspect Mawu and the masculine aspect Lisa (Lisa is also sometimes called Legba). Mawu is associated with the moon, night-time, fertility, motherhood, gentleness, forgiveness, rest, and joy. Lisa/Legba is associated with the sun, daytime, heat, work, power, war, strength, toughness, and intransigence.<ref>{{cite book|title=African Religions: Beliefs and Practices Through History |editor=Thomas, Douglas and Alanamu, Temilola|date=2018|page=245-246}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia of African Religion|editor=Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama|website=SAGE Reference|url=https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/africanreligion/n259.xml}}</ref> | ||
* '''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> | * '''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). | ||