therianthropy 

noun
"Therianthropy is a mental, emotional, spiritual or religious connection and empathy with an animal." - www.were.net

One who possesses this connection: a therian.

My personal therianthropy revolves places belief in reincarnation.

I believe therianthropy is a state of mind.

My therianthropy does not affect my religion.

Therianthropy is as close as I get to a religion.

therianthropy by moxy December 1, 2003

therianthropy day

November 12 is Therianthropy day! Make your Theriotype’s vocals as loud as possible and maybe you’ll find a new non-human friend!!!

Person: When’s therianthropy day?
Me: November 12th!
Person: Thanks beech

therianthropy day by Ant_Wolf October 27, 2019

Therianthrope

Someone who identifies as one or more non-human animal(s) on a personal, non-physical, integral level. Someone can be a therianthrope for spiritual reasons, psychological reasons or a mixture of both spiritual & psychological reasons. A connection on its own doesn't make someone a therianthrope. That would just be animal-hearted. Therianthropes do not have to feel a connection to or even like the animal(s) they identify as.

Therianthropes are not delusional or mentally ill. For therianthropy to be a delusion, it has to contradict external reality. Therianthropes will acknowledge that they are human, this is why therianthropes are not delusional. For therianthropes to be mentally ill, therianthropy actually has to hinder functioning. Again, most therianthropes function just fine.

The author of this definition is a coywolf therianthrope.

If you want to learn more about therianthropes & therianthropy, tumblr is not a good source.

Therianthrope by Coywolfen May 14, 2016

therianthrope

A human being who feels that their soul/mindset is not that of a human, but that of an animal. Also referred to as transspecies, animal people, therians, weres. We have some human instinct and thoughts, and some animal ones. The word for the condition of being a therianthrope is 'therianthropy.'

I am a leopard therianthrope, and my site is about therianthropy.

therianthrope by Quil | absurdism.org July 5, 2004

Therianthrope

Therianthropes (also known as: weres, werecreatures, were(animal species) and therians) are people qho have spiritual connections with a given type of animal.

They differ from Furries in the sense that furries want to be the animal, and therians "are" the animal. Often therianthropes feel that they share some part of themselves (mind, soul, etc) with their animal, essentially feeling that their "two halves" are one in the same.

Therianthropes, by definition, do not:
-- enjoy bestiality
-- draw/create "furry porn"
-- wear fursuits
-- have actual, diagnosed mental issues

On the whole, most of them are pretty well-adjusted. Generally, any weres that seems a bit "off" is probably either 1) a troll, 2) 14 years old and not quite understanding what they're getting themselves into or 3) just plain dumb.

Therianthropes do not think they can turn into animals in a physical sense. If you here one speaking of "shifting" or "changing" they are most probably either speaking of mental shifting (where you go into a trance, much like meditation) or dream shifting (dreaming you are an animal). Anyone who says they *can* turn into an animal physically is either crazy (lycanthropy) or they think they're being funny/cool.

I am a wolf therianthrope-- a werewolf if you will. I do not change my shape, but I do consider wolves are my spirit animals, and therefore they are a part of me.

Therianthrope by Icewolf September 29, 2005

therianthrope

n.(from Greek "ther", wild animal, and "anthropos", human) A person who feels a strong spiritual connection with a particular species of animal. Therianthropes may define the connection as totemic (having an animal spirit guide or guardian, or a religious connection to the archetypal spirit of that animal) or the result of reincarnation from an animal form into a human one. Therianthropy has existed for millenia in tribal cultures across the globe and also in popular religions such as Buddhism, but the word itself is a recent coinage.

The therianthrope had a spiritual connection to cougars.

therianthrope by Spritedust May 15, 2004

therianthropic 

To contain the qualities of both an animal and human. From the Greek prefixes Theri- meaning "wild animal" and anthropo- meaning "human".
This word is usually used to describe gods, (i.e. Bast) but is also literally what a furry is.

The Egyptian goddess Bast is a therianthropic Deity.

The characters in Furrlough are therianthropic.

therianthropic by Colin Ritter August 4, 2003