PT ID: bold title text readingĀ āotherspiritā. End PT ID.
a term under the otherkin umbrella where one physically identifies as one species/thing (which can be human, but does not have to be), but spiritually/in their soul/heart, identify as a different one. one physically identifies with a certain species or thing, but they view their spirit/soul/heart as being something different. it can be described in this way- one envisions their body as species/thing A, but their spirit/soul/heart as species/thing B. Your soul is the manifestation of one thing, while your physical body is a manifestation of another.
alternatively, otherspirit can describe when one physically and spiritually identifies as the same thing, but they feel a much greater connection to the spiritual/soul/heart aspect of their identity or place greater emphasis on it.
as an example- i fully physically identify as human. i am comfortable with my human identity on a physical level, but i envision my spirit as that of a ravenās spirit. i am a ravenspirited human.
this term may also be called othersoul!
PT ID: bold title text readingĀ āterminology/examplesā. End PT ID.
otherspirit/otherspirited/othersoul/othersouled:Ā āi am otherspirit/otherspirited/othersoul/othersouledā
spirittype/soultype:Ā āmy spirittype/soultype is (x)ā
(x)spirited/(x)souled:Ā āi am ravenspirited/i am ravensouledā
PT ID: bold title text readingĀ ādisclaimerā. End PT ID.
This term is NOT related to the termĀ āspirit animalā.Ā āSpirit animalā is a culturally appropriative term that misunderstands, makes light of, tokenizes, and often fetishizes the cultures of Indigenous people around the world, but especially Native Americans and First Nations people (you can read more about this here, here, and hereĀ ). This term is not at all about appropriating important concepts from Indigenous cultures, and is just in reference to personal identity. It is about personal identification of oneās spirit/soul/heart as something, not taking othersā cultures and using them for fun. As such, please do NOT use the termĀ āspirit animalā to describe your identification with this term. Instead of sayingĀ ā(x) is my spirit animalā, sayĀ ā(x) is my spirittypeā. If I see anybody using this term to disrespect Native people and cultures, I will not hesitate to correct you, and I ask that if anyone else sees that, that they correct them as well.Ā
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