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* '''Kyprioth,''' a trickster god in the fictional Tortallan culture, in the fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce (Bloodhound and Trickster’s Choice.) Kyprioth is a transgender man, and makes people be born transgender by touching them in the womb. http://tamorapierce.wikia.com/wiki/Kyprioth | * '''Kyprioth,''' a trickster god in the fictional Tortallan culture, in the fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce (Bloodhound and Trickster’s Choice.) Kyprioth is a transgender man, and makes people be born transgender by touching them in the womb. http://tamorapierce.wikia.com/wiki/Kyprioth | ||
* In the Trinyvale Campaign of ''Not Another D&D Podcast'', the world has three deities: one male (Nullar), one female (Liandt), one nonbinary (Neddas). [[Singular they]] is used for Neddas. | * In the Trinyvale Campaign of ''Not Another D&D Podcast'', the world has three deities: one male (Nullar), one female (Liandt), one nonbinary (Neddas). [[Singular they]] is used for Neddas. | ||
* In the video game ''The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'', the god '''Vivec''' is referred to in some texts as "the union of male and female, the magic hermaphrodite".<ref>{{Cite web |title=General:Gender and Sexual Diversity |author= |work=The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP) |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Gender_and_Sexual_Diversity#Gender}}</ref> Vivec is almost always referred to with he/him pronouns, but in the text "[https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:36_Lessons_of_Vivec,_Sermon_37 The Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec, Sermon Thirty-Seven]" it is said that Vivec became sick and died, and his mother "gave him her skin to wear into the underworld" and thereafter the book uses she/her pronouns for Vivec. | |||
* Also in Elder Scrolls lore, the Daedric Prince '''Boethiah''' (aka '''Boethia''' or '''Boethra''') is sometimes manifested/referred to as male and sometimes as female. Boethiah's titles include "Prince of Plots", "Queen of Shadows", "Goddess of Destruction", and "He-Who-Destroys and She-Who-Erases".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lore:Boethiah |author= |work=The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP) |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Boethiah}}</ref> (Note: "Daedric Prince" is the term used regardless of gender; e.g. Azura and Namira are always female but are still Daedric Princes, not Princesses.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lore:Daedric Princes |author= |work=The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP) |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Daedric_Princes}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||