Autochthon

Template:Sister project Autochthon, autochthons or autochthonous may refer to:

Nature

• Autochthon (geology), a sediment or rock that can be found at its site of formation or deposition
• Autochthon (nature), or landrace, an indigenous animal or plant
• Autochthonous landrace, a plant or animal that is native to a particular agricultural system
• Autochthonous transmission, the spread of disease between two individuals in the same place
• Autochton (butterfly), a genus of butterflies

Society

• 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

Fiction

• Autochthon (Atlantis), a character 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
• Autochthons, powerful angelic beings in the novel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

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
• Symphony No. 4 (Still), also known as Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous", a 1947 composition by American composer William Grant Still.

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