Therians

The Theta-Delta is used by many as the symbol for therianthropy.

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". 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.