I honestly don't feel the wolf in me most of the time, during M-shifts, it almost seems to be a hybrid, which greatly confuses me. See, the reason I believe it may be a bird of prey, is that I can sometimes spot a bird in the sky, and almost link it's vision with mine. I know this sounds far-fetched, but in this type of forum, I feel like I can speak freely of it. During this link, i can literally see the view looking down on myself, and the surrounding area. This far sight, as I've come to refer to it as (thanks to world of warcraft, of course), can be useful at times. Also, I'm very naturally gifted in bird calls, with no formal training, I can mimic almost anything I hear, with a fair amount of accuracy.

Upon, further meditation, I've realized that I get this same view of myself during the session. Just a few checks in the possible Avianthropy column.

On the other hand, I've been told before on more than one occasion that I resemble a wolf. Not that it necessarily means anything toward my theriotype, but who knows?

I just don't want anyone to feel that this is a poser typing this, so I'm trying to provide as much detail as possible.

Yeah. I just hate how over-romanticized the whole wolf theriotype has become.

Void161 wrote:

I honestly don't feel the wolf in me most of the time, during M-shifts, it almost seems to be a hybrid, which greatly confuses me. See, the reason I believe it may be a bird of prey, is that I can sometimes spot a bird in the sky, and almost link it's vision with mine. I know this sounds far-fetched, but in this type of forum, I feel like I can speak freely of it. During this link, i can literally see the view looking down on myself, and the surrounding area. This far sight, as I've come to refer to it as (thanks to world of warcraft, of course), can be useful at times. Also, I'm very naturally gifted in bird calls, with no formal training, I can mimic almost anything I hear, with a fair amount of accuracy.

Upon, further meditation, I've realized that I get this same view of myself during the session. Just a few checks in the possible Avianthropy column.

On the other hand, I've been told before on more than one occasion that I resemble a wolf. Not that it necessarily means anything toward my theriotype, but who knows?

I just don't want anyone to feel that this is a poser typing this, so I'm trying to provide as much detail as possible.

You probably are a bird therian if you really feel like it. But there are many therians that are more than just one animal. I'm a wolf/dragon (yes, dragons used to exist) and I remember a time when I went on a vampire website (to ask some questions, I'm not a Twilight freak, just curious) and they didn't believe that I was part dragon. That doesn't mean unicorns and faeries are real, though. Just meditate a lot more and try to figure out who you really are. ^.=.^

Kara, theriotypes are often a manifestation of somebody's personality traits. More loyal and sociable people will be drawn to animals which form packs or hierarchies and more loner types will probably gravitate toward big cats and other solitary animals.

Personally I don't believe in multiple theriotypes. I just can't get my head around them; it seems indulgent to me. But each to their own I suppose.

Animal quizzes are a pretty lame way of 'discovering' your theriotype :-/

...Why are we talking about animal quizzes?  I'd kind of like to address this whole hierarchy thing that seems to be coming up: the belief that social animals form rigid hierarchies and constantly seek to dominate each other has been largely discredited.  Just because someone is the "leader" or the "protector" doesn't mean they're considered to be "higher" than the "scavenger" in practice.  Alot of more effective groups are actually run without any direct hierarchy, just as many animals have social behaviors which don't involve dominance.  Raccoons are like that.

KaraWolfDragon wrote:

We were talking about animal personalities and how you can have the personality of one animal on a quiz but be a completely different animal therian.

This was what YOU were talking about. I remained relatively confused the whole time.

KaraWolfDragon wrote:

I don't really see how it's confusing.

She is confused because you are bringing up silly online personality quizzes, which have no bearing on anything, in a serious discussion.

KaraWolfDragon wrote:

Lupus_Arctos wrote:

I typically identify as a member of the species canis lupus arctos because I've lived near a pack of such wolves before, and they seem to match my personality the best.

I was trying to tell him that personalities don't always match the animal that you are.

Yeah but he said he liked wolves because he lived near them and thought they matched his personality - not because he did an online quiz that told him so....

And to be honest personality is definitely a factor in a theriotype, as I've said earlier on in the thread, so I'm not sure why you're making an issue of it in the first place.

*sigh* I will stop trying to argue, I just can't really put it in words.

Thanks for finally understanding. ^.=.^