Therians

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Contents 1 About Therians 2 Personality 3 Therian Types 4 Shifts 5 Misconceptions 6 External Links 7 Sources

[edit] About Therians

Therians are otherkin who have some kind of internal and intrinsic connection to an animal. Some believe they have the soul of an animal, while others believe it is a psychological process. There is some debate as to whether therians are only earthly animals, or if mythological animals (like dragons, gryphons, etc.) count as therians as well. Therians may also go by the title of "were". Therians often experience a variety of shifts.

[edit] Personality

When it comes to personality, therians are as diverse as any other group of people. It could be argued that therians behave about the same as any other otherkin, albeit perhaps sometimes more instinctive and slightly less archetypal.

[edit] Therian Types

There are two main beliefs as to the origin of therianthropy:

• 1. Individuals who believe they have the soul of an animal.

• 2. Individuals who believe that they have a mental/psychological link to a non-human animal.

There are also types of therians categorized by how they experience their therianthropy:

• 1. Therians. These individuals experience shifts to their therioside(e).

• 2. Contherians. These individuals do not experience shifts, but are always animal and human at the same time. The individual's animal side is integrated with their personality.

• 3. Suntherians. Like contherians, these individuals are always some degree of animal and human, but that balance may shift from time to time.

[edit] Shifts

Therians often experience shifts of which there are many types:

• 1. Phantom shifts. These shifts involve the feeling of phantom limbs or a complete phantom body corresponding to the individual's theriotype.

• 2. Mental shifts. These involve the shifting of urges and thought processes from human to animal.

• 3. Dream shifts. These shifts involve vivid dreams where the individual experiences the dream as being their theriotype.

• 4. Auric shifts. When the individual's aura or subtle body may shift or change to resemble that of their therioside.

• 5. Physical shifts. While somewhat debated in the otherkin community in general, it is generally accepted that physical shifting is not possible.

[edit] Misconceptions

It is often thought that furries and therians are the same. While some furries are therians (and vice versa) the majority of the furry fandom are not therian and a good part of the therian community are not furries.

[edit] External Links

Therian Wiki

[edit] Sources

1.Werelist

2.Werelibrary