therianism

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noun

Knowledge about or the condition of being a therianthrope.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nountherianism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableKnowledge about or the condition of being a therianthrope.

    The first and major clue to therianism is the body doesn't decompose, so these Incorruptible bodies have that in common with therians, that's all I'm saying.

    2015, Andrew Michael Schwarz, Heather Anzalone, Incorruptible: Thomas Hunter Files, Vol. 1
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    He also teaches Rite and Ritual based on innumerous paths from Solomonic Rite and Ritual (the basis for Ordo Templ Orientis [OTO], the Golden Dawn, etc., etc., etc.) to Wicca to Paganism to Dragonism/Vamprism/Therianism/Lycanthropy to Satanism to Luciferianism to Necromancy to Saneria and the Yezidi Tibe Paths of Risen and Fallen Angelic Worship.

    2010, Magus M. Douglas Hockett, Dark Poetry from A Gothic View

    Those born as Therians can control their transformations to a certain or limited extent (through skill checks on their Therianism uncanny ability) and maintain consciousness (rember what happened while transformed).

    2015, Robert Neri, The Monster Magnus Vol.I, page 128

    Although Baker's text does not participate in the (largely Internet-based) field of discourse associated with therianism, his tracking and observations of hawks, and the moments of identification such investigative practices afford, can be compared with one of the processes used by therians to identify their theriotypes, or animal others—namely, via careful study of animal behaviors, habitats, and physical features (Robertson 2013:19).

    2018, David Herman, Narratology Beyond the Human: Storytelling and Animal Life, page 59

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