Sylvaencan

Sylvaencan is a neogender umbrella term for genders related to enchanted forests from fantasy settings. ^[1]

The equivalent of masculine/feminine/neutral for the sylvaencan umbrella is sylvencine, the noun form is sylvencinity, and a person who is transitioning towards sylvencinity is transylvencine (which can be shortened to transylven).^[1]

A person who identifies as sylvaencan is called a sylv and the plural is sylven;^[1]^[2] the term for a younger sylv (equivalent to boy/girl/kid) is aun (plural: aunae), and the term for an older sylv (equivalent to man/woman) is nem (plural: nemi).^[3] Svein stands for sylvaencan-in-nature,^[1] and sveingender is the equivalent of mingender/fingender/ningender.^[4] Ensylvic is the term for a gender aligned to sylvencinity.^[1]

The general term for a sylvencine-presenting person is oak. Magnolia is the term for someone whose gender presentation is both sylvencine and feminine, or who presents feminine in a sylvencine way. Wisteria is the masculine-presenting equivalent of magnolia, gingko is the neutral-presenting equivalent, and jacaranda is the gender non-conforming equivalent.^[5]

Common Definitions

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sylvaencan: a neogender umbrella for terms related to enchanted forests from fantasy settings

concepts potentially included under sylvaencan:

nature imbued with magic, magic that comes from nature, or any other combination of magic and nature
magical forest aesthetics/visuals
‘fairy tale’ creatures that are often depicted living in forests
forests as a place that heroes travel through, a place where monsters and magical dangers lurk, and/or a place where benevolent magical beings reside
forests that are made dangerous, safe, or difficult to navigate by the magic present within them
forests as a place of liminality and transformation

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–neopronouns, 2024^[1]