Otherkin

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Otherkin are individuals who identify non-physically as non-human. Depending on the individual, their belief could be spiritual, but it's not always.

Related Terms
Alterhuman is an umbrella term for anyone who identifies as non-human or as experiencing an alternative form of humanity. Otherkin falls under this category.

Therianthropy is the belief that someone is an animal from shared reality, sometimes in a previous life. Older definitions broaden the term to include any non-sapient species.

Fictionkin is a subtype of kin, characterized by either identifying as a species from a fictional work or identifying as a certain character from a fictional work, sometimes in a previous life.

Factkin is a subtype of kin, characterized by identifying as a person who has existed or will exist in the shared reality at some point, either living or dead, and sometimes in a previous life.