Noun

(en noun)

Any mythical being which is part human, part animal.

Someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification with a non-human animal.

Therianthropes don't feel a need to dress in fursuits, because they believe they already are their animal, inside.

* {{quote-book

, date = 2007-04-20 , title = A Field Guide to Otherkin , author = Lupa , edition = 1st , location = Stafford , publisher = Megalithica Books , isbn = 9781905713073 , page = 18 , passage = Another is that I myself identify as Otherkin—a wolf therianthrope , to be exact—and I find this particular subculture to be absolutely fascinating. }}

Noun

(otherkin)

(Internet) A person who claims or believes that their soul is non-human.

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, year = 2000 , title = The Internet goes mythic , first = Cara , last = Des'tai , magazine = Fate , passage = It appears that many otherkin are unaware of what makes them different. They just know they are not normal humans. }}

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, date = 2001-02-13 , title = Elven Like Me , first = Nick , last = Mamatas , newspaper = (The Village Voice) , issn = 0042-6180 , url = http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-02-13/news/elven-like-me/ , passage = Some elves claim to be allergic to iron and other products of encroaching modernity, while one breed of Otherkin —dragons in human bodies—insist that having no allergies is a sign of Otherness. }}

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, date = 2005-10-04 , title = Not in Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America , first = Christine , last = Wicker , edition = First , location = New York , publisher = HarperCollins , isbn = 9780060726782 , page = 240 , passage = The living Otherkin are a loosely affiliated group of mostly young people who believe themselves to be magical and spiritual creatures: elves, werewolves, dragons, fairies, angels, hobbits. }}

* {{quote-book

, date = 2007-04-20 , title = A Field Guide to Otherkin , author = Lupa , edition = 1st , location = Stafford , publisher = Megalithica Books , isbn = 9781905713073 , page = 18 , passage = Another is that I myself identify as Otherkin —a wolf therianthrope, to be exact—and I find this particular subculture to be absolutely fascinating. }}