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  • Lycanthropy would be incredible, or some other therianthropy, although there are some I can think of that would be a little stupid.

    In Darkness » Blog Archive » SuperIcon? 2007

  • In folklore, mythology and anthropology, therianthropy can be used to describe a character that shares some traits of humans and some of non-human animals.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Cliff Pickover 2006

  • In folklore, mythology and anthropology, therianthropy can be used to describe a character that shares some traits of humans and some of non-human animals.

    Therianthropy Cliff Pickover 2006

  • I've actually come across the concept of therianthropy before.

    Identity and Conversion Terry Nelson 2006

  • Shinto, sun-myth; rules in Yengi-shiki; therianthropy; shrines; Board of Religion; first use of name (c. 586); relation to Buddhism; mixed, with Buddhism; overshadowed by Buddhism, and subservient; insincerity; in Heian epoch; priests support Southern Court; relations with Confucianism and Buddhism; Pure Shinto; combined with

    A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

  • [1] The word lycanthropy is sometimes used generically for any transformation of a human into animal form, though the precise term for that is technically \ "therianthropy\".

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • [1] The word lycanthropy is sometimes used generically for any transformation of a human into animal form, though the precise term for that is technically \ "therianthropy\".

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • I also think that it is no coincidence that therianthropy resembles young children’s early anthropomorphism which is to attribute human properties to animals, though I neglected to cover this in SuperSense.

    Neuronarrative - Are We Born Believers or Cultural Receivers? A Discussion with Author and Psychologist Bruce Hood William Harryman 2009

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  • Transformation into animal form.

    May 13, 2008