different between harpy vs therianthrope

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Hárpuia, literally “snatcher”), from ?????? (harpáz?, “I snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??pi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??pi/
• Rhymes: -??(r)pi
• Hyphenation: har?py

Noun

harpy (plural harpies)

1. A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on hers hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
2. A shrewish woman.
3. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
   • c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury

     The harpies about me all pocket the pool.

4. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
5. A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Harpia harpyja).

Synonyms

• (shrewish woman): See Thesaurus:shrew

Derived terms

• harpy bat
• harpy fly
• harpy eagle

Translations

See also

• harridan

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?rp?/

Noun

harpy

1. definite accusative of harp

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (th?ríon, “wild beast”) +? Ancient Greek ???????? (ánthr?pos, “man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????i.?n???o?p/, /????i.æn???o?p/, /??i??i.?n???o?p/, /??i??i.æn???o?p/

Noun

therianthrope (plural therianthropes)

1. (mythology) Any mythical being which is part human, part animal.

   Hyponyms: catgirl, centaur, faun, harpy, lycanthrope, werewolf, mermaid, minotaur, onocentaur, satyr

   • 2016, Carmel Schrire, Past and Present in Hunter Gatherer Studies, Routledge (?ISBN)

     Among the depictions are a black rhinoceros, the body of an antelope covered by a red line, two white animals with black stripes that may be zebras, and a therianthrope. The therianthrope (Figure 9.11) appears to have a feline body with human hind legs that may have been added after the original legs had faded somewhat (Wendt 1974:27).
2. (sometimes furry fandom slang) Someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification as a non-human animal.

   Synonym: therian

Related terms

• therianthropic
• therianthropism
• therianthropy

Translations

Further reading

• therianthropy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia