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Therianthropy may refer to: Human-animal shapeshifting in mythology, folklore, and fiction Clinical lycanthropy , a psychiatric delusion of transforming into an animal
Ailuranthropy comes from the Greek root words ailouros meaning "cat", [1] and anthropos, meaning "human" [2] and refers to human/feline transformations, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics.
Therian may refer to: . In taxonomy, a member of the mammalian subclass Theria, consisting of marsupial and placental mammals; Therianthropy (disambiguation), the mythological ability or affliction of individuals to metamorphose into animals or hybrids by means of shapeshifting
The word nagual derives from the Nahuatl word nāhualli [naˈwaːlːi], an indigenous religious practitioner, identified by the Spanish as a 'magician'.. In English, the word is often translated as "transforming witch," but translations without negative connotations include "transforming trickster," "shape shifter," "pure spirit," or "pure being."
Therianthropes are any mythical shapeshifters that are known to (in)voluntarily transform between the forms of a human being, a non-human animal, or a human-animal hybrid.
Werehyena is a neologism coined in analogy to werewolf for therianthropy involving hyenas. It is common in the folklore of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Near East as well as some adjacent territories. Unlike werewolves and other therianthropes, which are usually portrayed as being originally human ...
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