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* '''Ghede Nibo''', feminine gay man or dandy{{citation needed}} | * '''Ghede Nibo''', feminine gay man or dandy{{citation needed}} | ||
* '''Obatala''' (in Brazil: '''Oxala''', in Haiti: '''Blanc-Dani'''), both male and female. Creator of humankind. Depending on the story, gave birth to humans by self-fertilizing, or by dividing into a man and woman.{{citation needed}} | * '''Obatala''' (in Brazil: '''Oxala''', in Haiti: '''Blanc-Dani'''), both male and female. Creator of humankind. Depending on the story, gave birth to humans by self-fertilizing, or by dividing into a man and woman.{{citation needed}} | ||
* '''Olokun | * '''Olokun'''. In the religion of Santeria, Olokun is a deity of the ocean possessing 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.{{citation needed}} | * '''Legba (Ellegua)''', usually male, but changes sex in some stories, and is sometimes portrayed by a girl wearing a phallus.{{citation needed}} | ||
* '''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> | * '''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> | ||