different between minotaur vs therianthrope

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (Min?tauros),from ????? (Mín?s, “king of Crete”)+ ?????? (taûros, “bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n??t??(?)/, /?ma?n??t??(?)/
• (US, Canada, also) IPA^(key): /?m?n??t??/, /?ma?n??t??/

Noun

minotaur (plural minotaurs)

1. (Greek mythology) A monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man.
2. Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength

Translations

See also

• centaur
• faun
• satyr
• Wikipedia article on the Minotaur

Anagrams

• Maturino, notarium

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