Aneastian
Aneastian is a xenogender identity and umbrella term for identities in which one's gender is centered around bestial traits, controlling or taming animal-like creatures, being animalistic oneself, feeling nonhuman or feeling connected to nonhumanity, and shades of orange.
This gender may be connected to the umbrella terms feruvel, instinctant, florauna, wilderic, and/or furrean, but isn't inherently related to them.
Aneastian was coined with the Beastkeeping coven from The Owl House in mind, but isn't connected to it inherently.
Terminology
Terminology related to aneastian includes:[1]
- Aaneastinity: equivalent of masculinity/femininity
- Aneastine:- equivalent of masculine/feminine
- Astia: an aneastian person
- ASTiN: aneastian-in-nature
- Aneastic: gender alignment
- Metazoamor: (aneastian4aneastian, astiaLastian) an anaestian person being attracted to another anaestian person.
- Transaestian: transitioning into aneastinity
- Astian: an aneastic gender
History
Both aneastian flags were designed by Tumblr user en8y on August 28, 2023.[1]
Etymology
The term's name comes from the words "animal" and "beast", and is pronounced an-EE-stee-an. The term metazoamor (see Terminology) originates from the word "metazoa", a synonym for the kingdom animalia, and the word "amor", meaning love in Spanish.[1]