Exactly what is says on the tin, this is a poll.

A bit more detail.

Therianthropy is not used exclusively to describe 'were' creatures, but includes all Human shape-changers, whether they be werewolves (& kin), shamanic shapeshifters, or other humans who transform into animals through spiritual or magical means.

It is also sometimes used to describe Human-Beast hybrids, similar to many Egyptian deities.

More details can be found here.

Knew it since 2003 when i first delved into the stranger cultures that dwell in the internets.

Rule 34.

No... this is actually something different *g*

There are stranger than therians.

Which are also subject to Rule 34, but isn't a rule 34 in and of itself.

For example, a super-set of therians; as therians are limited to real world animals.

Yes I did, but why "before today?" Has something happened? A Therianthrope killed the president or something? Wait... it's not because... there's a Running Wild preview?

Goes to check. Oh. No it isn't because of that.

So is there a reason I should be aware of or is this just happy randomness?

K.

Started in another thread.

Yes i know. Dragon Yaoi isn''t the strangest thing i've encountered. I gave up on brain bleach in that matter.

Oh, definately not, seeing as someone here did a Ryumyo/Lung slash fiction.
Or discussions involving Big D and brown elven nipples.

I knew it, but only because I study ancient Greek.

Of course we know what that means.

We're all neeeerds.







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Yes, I did know.

I disagree with what was stated in the first post, because I don't speak Greek. I speak English, and Lycanthrope is an English word now. Loan words, look them up some time.


If the Japanese are allowed to use "leftover" as a baseball term, then we can use Lycanthrope to refer to any were-creature. Language works that way, we're not French.

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