Definitions and Terms

Important Definitions

Therian/Therianthrope: Someone who believes they are spiritually or mentally a non-human animal native to this earth.

Otherkin: Someone who discovers through personal experiences and phenomena that they are spiritually or mentally any type of non-human creature. 

Fictionkin: Someone who discovers through personal experiences and phenomena that they are spiritually or mentally any person who appears as a character in fiction, or a member of a fictional species.    

Copinglinker: Someone who takes on the identity/persona of any creature, or fictional character in order to cope with mental illness, trauma or other emotional factors. 

Otherhearted: Someone with a strong emotional or spiritual connection to any type of non-human creature, without believing that they are that creature.

Fictionhearted: Someone with a strong emotional or spiritual connection to any fictional character or fictional species, without believing that they are that character or species.

Synpath: Any creature, or fictional character that a person strongly identifies with or feels an empathic bond with.

Fictive: A headmate who has the whole identity of any person who appears as a character in fiction, or member of a fictional species.

Soulbond: The spirit of a person who appears as a character in fiction who shares the body of a person on this earth.