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Posted 9 months agoAs I don't engage in the erotic RP culture as much, I'd like to make a standing policy that anyone may take a character depicted in the images I upload and RP with it as character art. No need to seek my permission for non-commercial engagements with it.
Go have fun, if you so choose.
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Treastise on Tauric Nomenclature and Other Peoples
Posted a year agoCentaurs, Minotaurs, and Satyrs; all conjure clear images of a certain sort of fantasy creature. Or do they?
The concept of a centaur is fairly clear, but what’s intended with Minotaur and Satyr can vary. One can now find much art depicting Minotaurs not only as bull-headed muscley men, but also as much more humanoid beings with cow-like ears, tails, and legs. Satyrs, while perhaps more consistent in their portrayals, have drifted from their Greek morphologies.
In lieu of this, and certain dissatisfactions with terms like ‘Cowtaur’, I have written this treatise for a new nomenclature of Taurs and their bipedal affiliates.
We inherit the term ‘taur’ from the Greek ‘tauros’ meaning bull. However, our usage of the term now refers to a quadrupedal creature with a smaller humanoid upper-body (typically at least a torso, head, and two arms), it is this contemporary meaning that I shall recommend for forming our terms.
Bipedal peoples with animalistic features, be it from conventional anthropomorphic furries to all the way over to kemonomimi, everything in between, and all related variants, I recommend using the Germanic terms ‘folk’, ‘volk’, and ‘ilk’ to form the suffix of our portmanteaus. These bipeds would be collectively referred to as the ‘Folkic’ peoples, distinguished from their quadruped ‘Tauric’ counterparts.
Tauric
Centaur, Equitaur
Firstly, we should address centaurs, the hallmark Tauric people. Their Greek etymology is uncertain, ‘Kentauros’ being suggested as meaning ‘piercing-bull’ or ‘bull-slayer’. As their the term is so common and well-understood it is unnecessary to change, but if wanting to keep with our present usage of ‘Taur’ then Equitaur, ‘equi’ taken from ‘equine’, can be recommended as an alternative form; though it sounds distractingly like the nation ‘Ecuador’. The terms ‘Centaur’ and ‘Equitaur’ could comfortably exist alongside each other within a fantasy setting, there is no need for them to be mutually exclusive.
Bovitaur
While Bovidae may exist as a taxonomical family encompassing many sorts of animals, there is no doubt that ‘bovine’ immediately conjures in our minds cows and bulls. Species with the lower bodies of cattle should be termed ‘Bovitaurs’, avoiding the awkwardness of Cowtaur which is more gendered towards the female.
Capritaur
Goat-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Capritaur’ from ‘caprine’ and ‘taur’.
Ovitaur
Sheep-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Ovitaur’ from ‘ovine’ and ‘taur’.
Cervitaur
Deer-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Cervitaur’ from ‘cervine’ and ‘taur’.
Felitaur
Cat-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Felitaur’ from ‘feline’ and ‘taur’.
Lupitaur
Wolf-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Lupitaur’ from ‘lupine’ and ‘taur’.
Canitaur
Dog-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Canitaur’ from ‘canine’ and ‘taur’.
By now, the form should be clear enough to solve for the names of any others sorts of taur that may arise.
Folkic
I have decided not to use the same roots as used with the taurs as I found the mixed language etymologies of ‘bovilk’, ‘cervilk’, ‘felifolk’, etc. too grating and odd. I have provided High German forms of Folkic names in the first two listings to give a sense of possible alternate forms one may use. The German terms are written with an English sensibility in capitalization as this is still in English.
As with a few Folkic types the form [blank]girl is well established and may be used place of [blank]woman. Alternative to the listed example conjugations, an acceptable designation would also be ‘a cattlefolk woman’ or ‘a wolffolk man’.
Cattlefolk, Viehvolk, or informally Cowfolk
Cattlefolk serves as a term for a cattle-related bipeds, replacing the need for ‘Minotaur’ or ‘Holstaur’. The only need for ‘Minotaur’ should be with characters with human bodies and bull/cow heads.
Terms: cattlefolk (pl.), rindman (m.), rindwoman (f.), rindperson (n.), viehvolk (pl./n.), viehmann (m.), viehfrau (f.), cowfolk (pl.), bullman (m.), cow-woman/cowgirl (f.), cowperson (n.).
Satyr*, Faun, Goatfolk, Ziegenvolk
The Greek myth Satyrs were all-male nature spirits possessing the lower bipedal bodies of horses, later on they merged with the Roman nature spirits, Fauns, who were goat-legged, the Satyrs adopting their morphology. Since the Renaissance period it has been the norm to depict Satyrs as goat-legged. One should decide for themselves as to whether they want Satyrs so by a synonym for Fauns/Goatfolk in their settings or whether it is a synonym for Horsefolk.
Terms: goatfolk (pl.), goatman (m.), goatwoman (f.), goatperson (n.), ziegenvolk (pl./n.), ziegmann (m.), ziegenfrau (f.).
Satyr*, Horsefolk
Bipeds pertaining to horses. See above paragraph for more information.
Sheepfolk, Deervolk, Catfolk, Wolffolk/Wolvolk, Dogfolk
It should be obvious which animals these pertain to and how to conjugate the singular forms, with perhaps the exception Wolffolk/Wolvolk. If Wolvolk is your preference in plurality still use ‘wolf’ not ‘wolv’ as the root in your singular conjugations.
Addendum
For my own worldbuilding, I prefer Folkic species with human-like faces and noses, a pair of animalist ears (located where the human ones would be), furless arms and torsos, and an animalistic tail. The breast count should match the associated animal, running along the milk lines of the torso. If the associated animal instead has an udder than the Folkic species should have two normally-placed breasts and a matching udder growing from the pelvis, not its stomach or chest. Optionally, in cases where the udder has more than two teats as with cattle and deer, the Folkic species may have a set of breasts: four breasts and a four-teated udder. As for the legs, they may be human-like, plantigrade and furless, or they may match the associated animal, fur/hair covered and either plantigrade, digitigrade, or unguligrade. Horns/antlers, take them or leave them.
For Tauric species I prefer human upper-bodies with animalistic ears; the lower-body, if from a species smaller than a horse or rind should be scaled up to a similar size to easily fit upper-body in a similar ratio to that of centaurs or bovitaurs. If the tauric species has an udder the number of sets of breasts should match the pairs of teats. Horns/antlers, take them or leave them.
‘Rind’ is borrowed from the German for lack of a singular term for ‘cattle’, and in want of avoiding using ‘cow’ for both sexes of cattle.
The concept of a centaur is fairly clear, but what’s intended with Minotaur and Satyr can vary. One can now find much art depicting Minotaurs not only as bull-headed muscley men, but also as much more humanoid beings with cow-like ears, tails, and legs. Satyrs, while perhaps more consistent in their portrayals, have drifted from their Greek morphologies.
In lieu of this, and certain dissatisfactions with terms like ‘Cowtaur’, I have written this treatise for a new nomenclature of Taurs and their bipedal affiliates.
We inherit the term ‘taur’ from the Greek ‘tauros’ meaning bull. However, our usage of the term now refers to a quadrupedal creature with a smaller humanoid upper-body (typically at least a torso, head, and two arms), it is this contemporary meaning that I shall recommend for forming our terms.
Bipedal peoples with animalistic features, be it from conventional anthropomorphic furries to all the way over to kemonomimi, everything in between, and all related variants, I recommend using the Germanic terms ‘folk’, ‘volk’, and ‘ilk’ to form the suffix of our portmanteaus. These bipeds would be collectively referred to as the ‘Folkic’ peoples, distinguished from their quadruped ‘Tauric’ counterparts.
Tauric
Centaur, Equitaur
Firstly, we should address centaurs, the hallmark Tauric people. Their Greek etymology is uncertain, ‘Kentauros’ being suggested as meaning ‘piercing-bull’ or ‘bull-slayer’. As their the term is so common and well-understood it is unnecessary to change, but if wanting to keep with our present usage of ‘Taur’ then Equitaur, ‘equi’ taken from ‘equine’, can be recommended as an alternative form; though it sounds distractingly like the nation ‘Ecuador’. The terms ‘Centaur’ and ‘Equitaur’ could comfortably exist alongside each other within a fantasy setting, there is no need for them to be mutually exclusive.
Bovitaur
While Bovidae may exist as a taxonomical family encompassing many sorts of animals, there is no doubt that ‘bovine’ immediately conjures in our minds cows and bulls. Species with the lower bodies of cattle should be termed ‘Bovitaurs’, avoiding the awkwardness of Cowtaur which is more gendered towards the female.
Capritaur
Goat-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Capritaur’ from ‘caprine’ and ‘taur’.
Ovitaur
Sheep-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Ovitaur’ from ‘ovine’ and ‘taur’.
Cervitaur
Deer-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Cervitaur’ from ‘cervine’ and ‘taur’.
Felitaur
Cat-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Felitaur’ from ‘feline’ and ‘taur’.
Lupitaur
Wolf-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Lupitaur’ from ‘lupine’ and ‘taur’.
Canitaur
Dog-bodied taurs are suited to the Latin-derived compound ‘Canitaur’ from ‘canine’ and ‘taur’.
By now, the form should be clear enough to solve for the names of any others sorts of taur that may arise.
Folkic
I have decided not to use the same roots as used with the taurs as I found the mixed language etymologies of ‘bovilk’, ‘cervilk’, ‘felifolk’, etc. too grating and odd. I have provided High German forms of Folkic names in the first two listings to give a sense of possible alternate forms one may use. The German terms are written with an English sensibility in capitalization as this is still in English.
As with a few Folkic types the form [blank]girl is well established and may be used place of [blank]woman. Alternative to the listed example conjugations, an acceptable designation would also be ‘a cattlefolk woman’ or ‘a wolffolk man’.
Cattlefolk, Viehvolk, or informally Cowfolk
Cattlefolk serves as a term for a cattle-related bipeds, replacing the need for ‘Minotaur’ or ‘Holstaur’. The only need for ‘Minotaur’ should be with characters with human bodies and bull/cow heads.
Terms: cattlefolk (pl.), rindman (m.), rindwoman (f.), rindperson (n.), viehvolk (pl./n.), viehmann (m.), viehfrau (f.), cowfolk (pl.), bullman (m.), cow-woman/cowgirl (f.), cowperson (n.).
Satyr*, Faun, Goatfolk, Ziegenvolk
The Greek myth Satyrs were all-male nature spirits possessing the lower bipedal bodies of horses, later on they merged with the Roman nature spirits, Fauns, who were goat-legged, the Satyrs adopting their morphology. Since the Renaissance period it has been the norm to depict Satyrs as goat-legged. One should decide for themselves as to whether they want Satyrs so by a synonym for Fauns/Goatfolk in their settings or whether it is a synonym for Horsefolk.
Terms: goatfolk (pl.), goatman (m.), goatwoman (f.), goatperson (n.), ziegenvolk (pl./n.), ziegmann (m.), ziegenfrau (f.).
Satyr*, Horsefolk
Bipeds pertaining to horses. See above paragraph for more information.
Sheepfolk, Deervolk, Catfolk, Wolffolk/Wolvolk, Dogfolk
It should be obvious which animals these pertain to and how to conjugate the singular forms, with perhaps the exception Wolffolk/Wolvolk. If Wolvolk is your preference in plurality still use ‘wolf’ not ‘wolv’ as the root in your singular conjugations.
Addendum
For my own worldbuilding, I prefer Folkic species with human-like faces and noses, a pair of animalist ears (located where the human ones would be), furless arms and torsos, and an animalistic tail. The breast count should match the associated animal, running along the milk lines of the torso. If the associated animal instead has an udder than the Folkic species should have two normally-placed breasts and a matching udder growing from the pelvis, not its stomach or chest. Optionally, in cases where the udder has more than two teats as with cattle and deer, the Folkic species may have a set of breasts: four breasts and a four-teated udder. As for the legs, they may be human-like, plantigrade and furless, or they may match the associated animal, fur/hair covered and either plantigrade, digitigrade, or unguligrade. Horns/antlers, take them or leave them.
For Tauric species I prefer human upper-bodies with animalistic ears; the lower-body, if from a species smaller than a horse or rind should be scaled up to a similar size to easily fit upper-body in a similar ratio to that of centaurs or bovitaurs. If the tauric species has an udder the number of sets of breasts should match the pairs of teats. Horns/antlers, take them or leave them.
‘Rind’ is borrowed from the German for lack of a singular term for ‘cattle’, and in want of avoiding using ‘cow’ for both sexes of cattle.
