A Simple Introduction to Otherkin and Therianthropes

About the essay and its translation project

This short essay is for anyone to start learning about us therianthropes and otherkin. It gives reliable sources for every piece of information. The statistics come from surveys that had a sample size greater than one hundred people. All of this is to make sure that this essay is the most accurate representation of us possible. It is in simple English: it uses only common words and simple sentences. That makes it easier to translate, and I hope people will translate it into many languages. If you have questions or want to translate it, please use the discussion board below.

Formats and translations

The original English essay is by myself, Orion Scribner. The newest is version 2.4.8, updated May 25, 2024. This essay itself is a two minute read. With endnotes and references, it is six pages long. When you download this project, it is in several file formats. It has ones for reading on the web, printing, editing in Microsoft Word, and editing in Google Docs.

Translations available when you download this project:

• German translation by Dreki and Lorusha.
• Dutch, by Akir’Ischa.
• Estonian, by Asteric Collective.
• Polish, by Wolren.

Translations in progress:

• Chinese translation by Ryuu.
• Croatian translation by Myrtle.
• Spanish translation by Long Sebastian.

Acknowledgements and credit

I created this project under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. It is not public domain. I am sharing it for free, under these conditions. If you want, you can give me a tip when you download it. You can also give tips to the translators, if they allow that in the links in their names above. You can share the essay and post it to other places, as long as you keep the names of the people who wrote it or translated it. If you change it or translate it, you need to say so on it. If you have questions about whether something you want to do would fit with these terms, please ask in the forum below.

Real people created all of the writing, research, translations, and art. The photo in the background is by Dan Meyers, under the Unsplash license. These particular images of the otherkin star and the therian theta-delta symbol are both CC-BY-SA licensed. The former is from Wikimedia. The latter is by Athalean.