i had the power…. i just needed the chance to show it….
( smiles abd waves his paw )
for all those that want to become a werewolf you need to know the differents between two things first….

Therians are not werewolves or weretigers or were anything. According to the folklore and legends wereism is nothing like therianthropy.

Therianthropes are people who have a spiritual connection with some kind of animal. They are not were-creatures, they don’t turn into a 650 pound tiger and go on rampages or turn into a wolf and hunt down their neighbor’s sheep.

They are however people who seem to have a deeper connection with an animal and may possess certain aspects of that creature. This can manifest in a person’s behavior or attitude, and even in personality. Now while some are just connnected with one animal there are others that claim more than one animal and some which are conflicting in nature. I don’t know if this is possible really but this is the claim that the therians put forth.

Along with this manifestation therians believe that they can experiance shifts.

Shifts are experiances where a therian becomes the animal that they are connected to.

The first kind of shift is a mental shift. This is a shift in which a therian will take on the guise of their animal in actions and behavior to the extent that an outside observer would definitely be able to tell what kind of animal that they were emulating.

There are also therians that indulge in dream shifting, in which one takes on the animal of their spirit in their dream and acts llike that animal throughout the whole dream. Perhaps hunting or fullfilling some sort of need in a dreamlike state rather than in a physical state.

There are those that claim to be physical shifters. These individuals claim that they are capable of physically changing their body from human form to that of the animal in which they have a connection. This would be the only version of the therian that would possibly come close to emulating the traditional were-creatures of old.

To date not one single person who has claimed this capability has been able to prove the existence and validate such an ability. I personally do not even lend credence to such a claim since those who speak about it are unwilling to prove it and consider it a personal act. (I’m thinking they are just blowing smoke and don’t want to be called on it). My opinion of course.

Therians are not just wolves. There are bears, foxes, falcons, owls, bats, deer, cows (yes I said cow), and some even claim to be mythological creature therians such as dragons, chimerae, and fae.

Most therians use their animal side to guide them through their lives and find a more natural way of life, while others use those strengths to gain attention and achieve goals. While those who claim to be therians usually want to better the world and help animals some of them can be rather radical in their views and actions.

No one can tell you that you are a therian. It is something that you have to find out for yourself and although you may love lemurs and think they are really cool and you make lemur noises before you go to bed, that doesn’t make you a Lemur therian. A true therian does not choose an animal or creature, it is the animal or creature that has chosen them.

So that’s my view on therianthrope. I don’t really believe it but I do see how it came about. There is some similarity in the native american beliefs of the Spirit guide, an animal that reveals itself to a human and guides him/her on their path through life.

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