Xochipilli

When we talk about Sankofa - reaching to the past for the information needed to take us into the future, what becomes most evident in even the most cursory glance of global indigenous cultures, is the importance of non-binary sexuality, or what is often referred to as "two spirit". We learn that our brothers and sisters who did not fit into the extreme polarised constructs of "male" and "female" actually occupied positions of great importance in the societies in which they lived. I came across Xochipilli today - may his spirit inspire the world. 






from Wiki:
Xochipilli [ʃu˕ːt͡ʃiˈpiɬːi] was the god of art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, and song in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words xochitl ("flower") and pilli (either "prince" or "child"), and hence means "flower prince". As the patron of writing and painting, he was called Chicomexochitl the "Seven-flower," but he could also be referred to as Macuilxochitl "Five-flower." His wife was the human girl Mayahuel[citation needed], and his twin sister was Xochiquetzal. As one of the gods responsible for fertility and agricultural produce, he was also associated with Tlaloc (god of rain), and Cinteotl (god of maize).[citation needed] Xochipilli corresponds to the Tonsured Maize God among the Classic Mayas.
Xochipilli was also the patron of both homosexuals and male prostitutes, a role possibly resulting from his being absorbed from the Tolteccivilization.[1] He, among other gods, was depicted wearing a talisman known as an oyohualli, which was a teardrop-shaped pendant crafted out of mother-of-pearl.[2]

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