Draft:Therians Explained

Therians, often mistaken for furries, are a subculture who believe they are trapped in a human body or they were an animal in a past life. They are interested in gear (Masks and tails) and will run around on all fours usually known as quadrobics. Animality -- A state of feeling/being animalistic or feeling like/being an animal. Animalkin -- An individual that is, feels, and/or believes they are in part or whole (non-physically) one or more nonhuman animals on an integral and personal level. Cladotherian -- Shorted word for a cladotherianthrope. Cladotherianthrope - A type of therianthrope where someone identifies as a larger group of animals as a whole (such as a genus or Family) rather than just as a specific species. Cladotherianthropy -- The state of being a cladotherian. Contherian -- Shorted word for a contherianthrope. Contherianthrope -- A contherian is a therian whose animal and human sides are intertwined and so does not experience shifts at all. Contharianthropy -- The state of being a contherian. Draconic -- An individual that is, feels, and/or believes they are in part or whole (non-physically) a dragon or dragon-like creature on an integral and personal level. Some draconics consider themselves otherkin while others do not for any number of reasons. Draconity -- The state of being draconic. Fictionkin -- An individual that is, feels, and/or believes they are in part or whole (non-physically) one or more person or species portrayed in modern media on an integral and personal level. Furry - A furry is a self-identified fan of anthropomorphism or zoomorphism in media (such as books, movies, visual art, comics, etc). Gathering -- when more than one otherkin meet-up for some amount of time. Traditionally often takes place at a park or nature area and often involves camping if it's to last for several days. Gathering is generally used for meet-ups welcome to otherkin as a whole (therians, draconics, etc). Howl - when more than one therian meets up for some amount of time. Traditionally often takes place at a park or nature area and often involves camping if it's to last for several days. The term howl is specific to the therian community and tend to be used when mostly therians are going to be attending. Kintype -- What an otherkin identifies as. An otherkin may identify as one or more creature/entity as their kintype though one is most common and the more kintypes, the rarer in the community.

Mythkin - Someone who identifies as a non human mythical animal spiritually are psychologically

Otherkin -- An individual that is, feels, and/or believes they are in part or whole (non-physically) one or more nonhuman creatures or beings on an integral and personal level. Not all people who identify as some kind of nonhuman want to be labeled as or consider themselves otherkin by term. This is also an umbrella term and includes everyone who identifies as nonhuman. Phytanthrope -- An individual that identifies as a plant on an integral and personal level. Plantkin -- An individual that identifies as a plant on an integral and personal level. Polykin - Someone who identifies as more than one nonhuman species on an integral and personal level. Polykin whose species are all Earthly animals are specifically called polytherians. Polytherian -- Shorted word for a polytherianthrope. Polytherianthrope -- A therian who identifies as more than one nonhuman Earthly animals on an integral and personal level. Polymorph - An individual that is, feels, and/or believes they are in part or whole (non-physically) a shapeshifting entry that has no default form on an integral and personal level. Shifting -- The act of feeling, sensing, and/or having experiences that one attributes to their non-human identity for a period of time. Not all who identify as nonhuman have shifts as some have constant feelings that they relate to identifying as nonhuman while others experiences neither feelings.