A therian is someone who identifies as a non human earthen
animal either spiritually or psychologically.
Therian is
short for therianthropy or therianthrope. Theri=
animal, anthro=man. Therians can have "shifts" but not all do. All therians understand that they cannot physically shift and are not physically an
animal, they know they are physically human.
Therians are a category that fall under otherkin. Otherkin is anyone who identifies as non human. This includes therians, mythkin, fictionkin, plankin, etc. Not all therians are spiritual, some are psychological and not all therians have a connection with their theriotype.