Warharmi

English

Etymology

From the figure's name in Yuman languages (Yuma, Kumeyaay, etc).

Proper noun

Warharmi

  1. An ambiguously gendered figure (typically referred to with femnine pronouns, and considered either intersex, or female but transvestite) in Yuman (Kumeyaay, Yuma, etc) mythology who brought the Yumans seeds, the techniques of agriculture, and the tradition of painting oneself before war.

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