The River System's Alterhuman Dictionary

Our own, hand written dictionary of alterhuman terms, written in our own words, with the current understanding of the term. It's not meant to be comprehensive (as far more comprehensive and denotative dictionaries exist) but rather an overview or 101 resource, and a snapshot of how terms evolve over time.

Community Projects

Alterhuman Archive

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Historical preservation of works made by and for alterhumans and nonhumans is a major goal of this archive. Whether that's through hosting resources, linking to them, or helping to advertise collaborative alterhuman events currently going on in the greater community, the Alt-Archive is here to collect resources in one singular, accessible location open to everyone.

Beyond Humanity

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This site was created as a resource for those curious about alterhumans and/or those questioning an alterhuman identity, to dispel misconceptions, and to provide an online space for Kiera's writings.

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This dictionary is meant to cover common alterhuman terms.

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather is a collaborative project with a simple purpose: to gather bird-related resources in a hub for bird-people.

Directory of Nonhuman Spaces...

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Luunaathh'sstrreiii has compiled a (ever growing) directory of every single nonhuman/otherkin/alterhuman/etc site which currently exists on the internet. This list is inclusive of every alterhuman/otherkin identity which is currently defined. There is no exclusion to be had within this resource

Mythsong

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Here Arethinn talks about mythic otherkind (mythfolk), particularly sidhe and faery.

Otherkin.net

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Welcome to Otherkin.net, a community hub for the online Otherkin community.

Project Shift

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Project Shift is an information and resource site launched in between 2008-2009, aimed at providing the public with up-to-date information on therianthropy and the therianthropic community. There is plenty of scattered writing on the topic of therianthropy, and plenty of basic ‘What is Therianthropy?’ articles, but thorough resources are uncommon, and Project Shift intends to fill that niche, to help new therians and people interested in therianthropy better understanding what it is.

Radiant Obscurities

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Radiant Obscurities (RO) is a project & site for content, mainly writings, about personal animality & the experience of “being animal” from therians, otherkin, & other alterhumans, but for animal types that are uncommon or rare in those communities.

Werelibrary

Welcome to the Werelibrary, an index of writing all about therianthropy!

Wildpath

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This library is a collection of writings, art, music, culture and perspectives by members of nonhuman communities. It is open to submissions from any voice who is contributing to the pool of knowledge, ideas and culture of nonhumanity.

Conventions

Othercon

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Othercon is the first ever annual 3-day virtual convention for members of the Otherkin, Therian, and general Alterhuman/Nonhuman community.
The purpose of this convention is to provide a space where people within (and outside) of the community can come together to socialize, educate, and entertain for a fun-filled weekend!
Othercon is held every second weekend of August.

Centaurus Festival

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The Centaurus Festival is an annual 3-day online gathering for therians, otherkin, and other alterhumans with a focus on mythical and folkloric identities.
CF is held every first weekend of March.

Shining Hearth

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Shining Hearth is an annual online gathering of Elves, Fae, Sidhe, Tuatha De Danann, and similar folk, where we can socialize and share our magic. We offer workshops/presentations that we hope will be of interest to this elven-faerie mish-mash, plus casual entertainment like video watch-alongs and games, as well as "always open" spaces for general chat and various topics.
SH is held every fourth weekend of March.

Personal Websites

Three Dragons & a Dog

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The personal website of the Sol System, functioning as a dumping ground for their writings on their experiences and opinions regarding alterhumanity, multiplicity, and more.

House of Chimeras

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Here is their collection of their writings and other materials they have created and curated. This is not a very large library, you will not find everything here, but it is their hope this place will still be of use to those who visit.

Anomaly

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This is the personal website for their system. There, they have things they enjoy or made and information on their system, as well information about plurality, otherkin, and various other aspects of alterhumanity.

Orion Scribner

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This site is where they put all of the stuff that they make. As a work of original research, their history book has since been cited by several academic articles. For their comics, they wrote and illustrated a comic about otherkin called Theri There, which was popular enough that fans have translated it into Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The Interstellar System

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This site functions as a place to shove information about themselves, as well as information about alterhumanity and anything related to it. That includes their own writings on their experiences, informational websites and basically anything else informational or related to them.

The Sanctuary

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This is a website devoted to Sonne's personal writings, mainly focusing on her therianthropic writings and essays, but also includes spiritual writings, poetry, and other contents of which she prefers to be up for public view.

The Chaotic Threshold

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The Threshold stands as the bibliography of all of the Skyrose Garden system's works, and all are published here as well as linked back to where they were originally published. There are other sections of the website, intended for use by the members of the Garden: dive at your own risk, and bring scuba gear if necessary. A side note that scuba gear is only available in adult sizes.

The Academic Dingo

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This is a place for Bloodmuffins to post their personal writings related to nonhumanity, including their experiences navigating their identities, experiences as a therian, and reflections on their time in the nonhuman communities.

Dragon's Roost

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This site is used mostly as a hub for resources, writings of the system's, and links to their personal projects, often relating to plurality and nonhumanity.

Sol Chimera's Den

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This is a place for Sol to store his writings on therianthropy, or nonhumanity in general, as well as various other spiritual or psychological quirks of himself, such as reincarnation.

Apex Altra

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Apex uses this place to practice her coding skills, showcase things she likes, express herself, and get away from social media.

Ilrak's Roost

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The one stop shop for writings and art by K D Val, aka Ilrak Korax.

Dog with Glasses

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This is Pete! They're a non binary werewolf! This is their website! It's still very much under construction!

Finn

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They made this website as a creative/archival project and to know that he exists.

Gold

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He is planning on making this a cool website for his projects. The things he has planned are: dictionaries for his constructed languages, world information for his various thingies, and some other fun shit.

Deshr

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[No site description.]

Poppy

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[No site description.]

Lore's Light Legendarium

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This is Vyt's personal website. Here you can find information about Vyt and Vyt's interests, Vyt's analytical writings on various topics new and old, Vyt's personal creative writing, and resources relevant to the Alterhuman community.

Tumblr Blogs & Carrds

Blogs

Discord Servers & Forums

Nonhuman National Park

The Nonhuman National Park is a forum oriented towards nonhumans, alterhumans, and plurals.
Participation here is not contingent on whether you're nonhuman, alterhuman, or plural in some way, but on wanting to discuss and interact with nonhuman, alterhuman, and plural people. This forum is open to everyone, regardless of where you come from or what you identify as, because we want to make information and conversation surrounding nonhuman, alterhuman, and plural existences accessible and inclusive for everyone.
The Park is hoping to establish itself as a community hub and resource center focused on strengthening bridges between various communities and individuals, helping tear down faction-based mindsets, and promoting new growth and ideas. Where there are walls, we build doors; where there are fences, we build gates; where there are boundaries, we build intersections. We believe in the spirit of barn building and establishing cross-community dialogue so as to better curate a space where individuals of all types of identities feel comfortable sharing their resources and experiences with one another, and to help discourage the idea that there's some sort of mold someone needs to fit into to be welcomed to a forum or community like this.

FictoHub

FictoHub's goal is to provide a safe haven for fictionkin and other fiction-based alterhumans that have been outcast and excluded from previous communities in a welcoming environment where one feels safe to be themself.
FH is curated because much of the fictionkin community has been burned by Kin-For-Fun (KFF). It's a very small community due to its nature of word of mouth advertisement and being invite only, and it feels much more like a friend server than a typical server as a result.
As it is by invite-only, one would need to contact Daski on Discord for an invite. (You may find deir information on the bottom right hand side of this page.)

Sanctuary Beyond the Mists

This is a discord server where therian identifying individuals and otherhearted individuals of all kinds can gather in a place where they can be accepted, share their unique experiences, and strike up conversation!
You have to be a therian or otherhearted to join this server, however we accept all from paleotherians, fictherians, theriomythics, and every therian and otherhearted individual under the sun. After all, therianthropy is about experiencing animality, not about just being an earthen animal, and being otherhearted is a unique experience which deserves to be recognized.

OtherConnect

Othercon's off-season server, OtherConnect is a general meeting ground for alterhumans of all sorts to hang out, ask questions, and be amongst other alterhumans.