🐉 Otherkin
Alterhuman Identities
Otherkin are people who identify as a non-human being that is mythical or fictional — like a dragon, elf, or angel — rather than a real earthly animal.
Otherkin and therians overlap heavily and share the alterhuman umbrella; the key difference is simply real animal (therian) versus mythical/fictional being (otherkin). Identifying as a mythical animal specifically is sometimes called theriomythic.
🌟 In Short
- You identify AS a mythical or fictional being
- It's involuntary, like therianthropy
- Real-animal = therian; mythical/fictional = otherkin