Theriomythic is a sub-category of therianthropy where a therian identifies as/their theriotype is a creature that's considered mythical or an urban legend. [1][2] The term is commonly used to refer to creatures that are considered 'feral', or that don't resemble a humanoid creature, which is why it's included under the therianthropic umbrella.
The term seems to have been originally used on the Therian Wilderness Forum in 2010 as theriomythos. [3] It was then translated into Spanish as los theriomitos by Otherkin Hispano. [4] It was re-translated from the Spanish into English as theriomythics by Akhila, on May 24, 2013. [5][6][7] However, it is possible it was used by members of the AHWW in the early 2000s as the word 'therianthropy' began to replace 'were-' terms. The term 'Weremythic' was used in an AHWW discussion on July 25, 1996. [8]
"So, apparently the term, “theriomythic” isn’t exactly a new concept in the therian community though one that didn't gain a lot of attention. More the new term, theriomythic, is people coming to a similar conclusion and use of phrase as others had once perhaps." [9] - LionGoatSnake (aka House of Chimeras)
A forum called "Betwixt and Between" was created by Arawn in 2013. This forum was specifically for theriomythics, but it never saw much activity. It is now defunct, and while there are a couple of snapshots from the Wayback Machine, there isn't much more information on it.[10]
References[]
- ↑ AnOtherWiki (accessed Sept 2 2017) https://anotherwiki.org/wiki/Theriomythic
- ↑ Feral Nature (accessed Sept 2 2017) http://feralnature.forumotion.com/t83-therian-otherkin-terminlology
- ↑ Re Harakhti, May 28, 2010 http://therian-wilderness.proboards.com/thread/3082/common-misconceptions-faq (accessed Sept 2, 2017) Archived at http://archive.is/2PihD
- ↑ http://archive.is/jEmgm (accessed Sept 2, 2017)
- ↑ http://liminalbeast.tumblr.com/post/43897395257/theriomythics (accessed Sept 2, 2017) Archived at http://archive.is/ZnS5u
- ↑ Jarandhel, Theriomythics, Tumblr, February 28, 2013, https://jarandhel.tumblr.com/post/44222181640/theriomythics (accessed April 4, 2018)
- ↑ Golden Spirit, "Classes or Types", Otherkin Hispano, https://sites.google.com/site/otherkinhispano/tipos (access April 4, 2018) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20180404235637/https://sites.google.com/site/otherkinhispano/tipos
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.horror.werewolves/dHQRGjrNv9U Archived at https://archive.is/cqBgi
- ↑ http://liongoatsnake.tumblr.com/post/100418903000/a-kin-history-tidbit-weremythic Archived at https://archive.is/NxcNh
- ↑ Betwixt and Between archived page (accessed May 25 2018) https://web.archive.org/web/20130820014912/http://betwixtandbetween.lefora.com/