Homosexuality and religion supported them. Ancient religious texts such as the Vedas often refer to people of a third gender known as hijra, who are neither female nor male. Some see this third gender as an ancient parallel to modern western lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex identities. Hinduism has taken various positions, ranging from positive to neutral or antagonistic. Referring to the nature of Samsara, the Rigveda, one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism says 'Vikruti Evam Prakriti' (perversity/diversity is what nature is all about, or, what seems unnatural is also natural). A "third gender" has been acknowledged within Hinduism
Glossary of ancient Roman religion laws, and science of Etruscan religion and cosmology was known as the "disciplina Etrusca". Divination was a particular feature of the "disciplina". The Etruscan texts on the "disciplina" that were known to the Romans are of three kinds: the "libri haruspicini" (on haruspicy), the "libri fulgurales" (lightning), and the "libri rituales" (ritual). Nigidius Figulus, the Late Republican scholar and praetor of 58 BC, was noted for his expertise in the "disciplina". Extant ancient sources on the "Etrusca disciplina" include Pliny the Elder, Seneca, Cicero, Johannes Lydus, Macrobius and Festus. The adjective "divus", feminine "diva", is usually translated as "divine." As