Autochthon

Autothon, autothons or autochthonous may refer to:

Fiction

  • Autochthon, one of the ten sons of Poseidon and Cleito in Plato's myth of Atlantis
  • Autochthons, characters in the novel The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick
  • Autochthon, a Primordial in the Exalted role-playing game

Science

  • Autochton (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae ("skippers")
  • Autochthonous transmission, spread of disease between two individuals in the same place

Natural science

  • Autochthon (geology), a sediment or rock that can be found at its site of formation or deposition, as opposed to an allochthon
  • Autochthon (nature), or landrace, an indigenous animal or plant
  • Autochthonous landrace, a plant or animal that is native to a particular agricultural system

Social science

  • Autochthon (ancient Greece), a concept or mythology of a people born from the land
  • Autochthonous language, the language of an indigenous people
  • Autochthonism or Indigenism, ethnic nationalism promoting the identity of an indigenous people
  • Autochthones or Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory

See also

  • Aborigine (disambiguation)
  • Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights, a far right political party
  • Autochtoon, Dutch people in the Netherlands
  • Chthon (disambiguation)
  • Constitutional autochthony, an assertion of political autonomy
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