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==Origins== |
==Origins== |
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The term, therians, is derived from therianthropy, which is the over all name for the therian experience. Therianthropy comes the Greek words therion, meaning "wild animal" or "beast", and anthropos, meaning "human being". |
The term, therians, is derived from therianthropy, which is the over all name for the therian experience. Therianthropy comes the Greek words therion, meaning "wild animal" or "beast", and anthropos, meaning "human being".<ref name="root">{{Website | title = Wikipedia:Therianthropy | url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therianthropy | date = April 2, 1012}}</ref>The modern use for therianthropy first arose in 1994 on the alt.horror.werewolves Usenet discussion group as a label for general animal-people, since some felt that lycanthropy was too specific.<ref name="timeline">{{book|first=Orion|last=Sandstorrm|title=Otherkin Timeline: The recent history of elfin, fae, and animal people|url=http://orion.kitsunet.net/|place=Online|publisher=http://orion.kitsune.net|year=2011}}</ref> |
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The history of therianthropy in it's current form is a fairly short one, reaching back to around the Usenet era of the Internet. Nonetheless, tropes and ideas integral to therianthropy have been present since very early in human history, and animal-human hybrids can be found in many cultures, most notably the Ancient Egyptians.<ref name="root"> |
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Revision as of 17:41, 5 April 2012
Therians are individuals who identify as an animal that is known to exist (or to have existed) on Earth. Sometimes, more 'feral' creatures that are not known to exist are included as well, such as dragons, griffons, and sea serpents. The exact definition of therianthropy varies significantly, a condition increased by the fact that the explanation for therianthropy varies wildly depending on who is being talked to (common explanations include reincarnation, conditioning, abnormal neurology, and abnormal psychology).
Origins
The term, therians, is derived from therianthropy, which is the over all name for the therian experience. Therianthropy comes the Greek words therion, meaning "wild animal" or "beast", and anthropos, meaning "human being".[1]The modern use for therianthropy first arose in 1994 on the alt.horror.werewolves Usenet discussion group as a label for general animal-people, since some felt that lycanthropy was too specific.[2]
History
The history of therianthropy in it's current form is a fairly short one, reaching back to around the Usenet era of the Internet. Nonetheless, tropes and ideas integral to therianthropy have been present since very early in human history, and animal-human hybrids can be found in many cultures, most notably the Ancient Egyptians.<ref name="root">
References
- ↑ . Wikipedia:Therianthropy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therianthropy. (accessed April 2, 1012). - ↑ Sandstorrm, Orion. 2011. Otherkin Timeline: The recent history of elfin, fae, and animal people
Online: http://orion.kitsune.net.