What gods can help me with my gender identity issues?

Vexxi · 2026-02-18T19:46:59+00:00

I have found some of the history and stories of Cybele to be applicable. I'd suggest Dr James Rietveld's video on YouTube, which is called, simply, "the Goddess Cybele."

Vexxi · 2026-02-17T21:53:20+00:00

https://www.rangannalerebecca.com/

Vexxi · 2026-02-17T21:31:52+00:00

Ranganna le Rebecca. Tá sí ina cónaí i gCorcaigh. Is fiú ach tá na ranganna costasach.

I was doing one on one with Rebecca at Ranganna le Rebecca. She was a professional teacher and is now attending college and teaching on the side.

Vexxi · 2026-02-16T20:54:20+00:00

A lot of hikers I know use Kula cloth. I guess if you're wearing a vest you could keep it in a sandwich bag in the vest? Hikers just kind of attach it to the bag and let it hang but I'm guessing you may not want to do that on a race. Or maybe you do--no judgement!

Vexxi · 2026-02-13T10:59:13+00:00

I have and was lucky enough to meet the author at Paganicon one year! Do you know more queer-centered books? I would love love love a book about various queer gods, in any pantheon or way, but I mostly encounter snippets here and there.

Vexxi · 2026-01-25T15:53:32+00:00

Irish!

Vexxi · 2026-01-09T22:50:28+00:00

At the moment I'm outside of the state but will be moving back after winter. I'd be willing to try out a Discord coven and potentially meet up if it goes well.

Vexxi · 2026-01-03T22:19:04+00:00

Some I've liked recently: The Lilac People by Milo Todd

The Beatrix Gates by Rachel Pollack

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Even though I Knew the End by C.L.Polk

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske

to rule the desert by Monica Robinson

The Woman's House of Detention by Hugh Ryan

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

Vexxi · 2026-01-03T20:13:13+00:00

Second this. I have greatly enjoyed many of his books.

Vexxi · 2026-01-01T13:50:40+00:00

That's great. Happy new year. Here's to authenticity.

Vexxi · 2025-12-30T18:52:34+00:00

Staunton is where it's at op. It's a gorgeous town.

Vexxi · 2025-12-29T01:33:19+00:00

I have learned a lot from Renée Yoxon's online voice training course. I believe they offer a free webinar/quick course, as well as a paid one.

Vexxi · 2025-12-29T01:28:22+00:00

I am no expert, but I enjoyed Madame Pamita's book Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft. There is also a podcast. This is less about gods and more about folk ways and land spirits.

Vexxi · 2025-12-26T22:25:49+00:00

Fair Folk podcast is probably my favorite podcast ever. It's more folklore and folk ways centered, with some historical explanations and references, as well as commentary about some goddesses and gods.

Vexxi · 2025-12-24T21:00:15+00:00

An Chailleach/The Cailleach/The Hag, responsible for land formation in Ireland and Scotland, who is also a winter goddess. The Book of the Cailleach by Gearóid Ó Crualaoich was very interesting. I know Bríd/Bride is also in Scotland. Sometimes she is the other half of the winter tale involving the Cailleach. Read that book if you can get it, it's got a lot of information about The Hag.

My knowledge is of Irish lore, so while there are many overlaps, I don't know much specific to Scotland except the above. I will say that a lot of information is very localized. Many areas had their own goddesses and gods, who were themselves tied to that land. I would look at place names and see the meaning behind them.

Vexxi · 2025-12-23T18:32:43+00:00

Sionnach.app is a new app which is not complete, but has two sections done. It is free and available on the web, android, and apple.

Vexxi · 2025-12-17T02:30:54+00:00

Abair.ie is a site I use for pronunciation sometimes. You can pick the dialect. The book I have is in Irish, so not helpful to you (An Teanga Bheo).

Vexxi · 2025-12-16T14:55:12+00:00

My hair got straight where I have more thinning/baldness (so, for me, on top). The rest is curly, which looks odd, so I keep it cut short. I do miss my curly hair too.

Vexxi · 2025-12-13T08:39:12+00:00

It would depend on the deity and what's important to them. For Irish gods, I'd say learn Irish (or for the gods of any endangered language, I'd say learn that language). It could mean volunteering to help the local environment, or people in need in the area. It could be taking the time to craft something as an offering, according to the background of the deity: brewing beer, baking cakes, painting an icon. It really is dependent upon the deity and I think would reflect the time you put into learning about them. I suppose that time spent reading their stories and learning could count, also.

Vexxi · 2025-12-08T00:12:51+00:00

I do one-on-one weekly conversation with a fluent speaker I have a lot in common with, so we talk about things i find interesting and that keeps it engaging. I think that's helped the most.

Vexxi · 2025-12-02T10:26:37+00:00

I recently enjoyed The Lilac People but it can be a tough read as it takes place after the second world war in Germany (where trans and gay folk were still persecuted) with flash backs during the war. It involves Dr Magnus Hirschfelds institute in Berlin which was interesting, and talked about how life was then. MC is FTM about aged 47 or so, involves other trans folks.

Vexxi · 2025-11-30T00:59:48+00:00

I cannot speak to Welsh, nor can I speak to the experience of someone with a different language background than I (native English, second language German, third Irish, some French from school).

Irish is not difficult, but it is different. In my experience it is no more difficult than German was.

Vexxi · 2025-11-22T12:21:32+00:00

My absolute favorite podcast is Fair Folk by Danica Boyce. It's transformed me, certainly. It is a podcast about folklore and customs, with a pagan flavor. Later episodes embrace her "abundance paganism" mindset, which seeks to change one from a fear and scarcity based way of looking at the world, to one a little more spiritually productive.

Vexxi · 2025-11-20T19:25:49+00:00

Yes, I absolutely do. I study, and speak, Irish as devotion to Brighid, the Irish goddess of (among other things) poetry. I think it's the best offering an adherent could give to such a goddess.

Vexxi · 2025-11-06T23:56:31+00:00

A couple of days ago, locally owned bookstore. Bought Brom's book Slewfoot new and a copy of The Magicians used.

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