In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hermaphroditus is a child of Aphrodite and Hermes, sometimes called Atlantiades as a great-grandchild of Atlas through his father. He has an androgynous body similar to that of an intersex person and is a minor deity of romance symbolizing intersexuality, androgyny and marriage. Hermaphroditus is associated with the freshwater nymph Salmacis, who appears in the tradition variously as his nurse, his wife, or his attempted rapist. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 3 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Identity
GenderAndrogynous / dual-gendered 2 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Hermaphroditus, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
3. The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th edition
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2012Hermaphroditus, Theophrastus/Hellenistic sourcesView the Source Wikipedia, "Hermaphroditus"
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