We are compiling a glossary of basic Femmekin terminology, so that all the terms we use will not seem so obscure! We shall probably be adding to it from time to time, but here it is to get us all started!
Chelani: One of the two intemorphic sexes. Physically very much weaker than melini, often considered the more spiritual sex. Melini are ruled by Sai Sushuri, the principle of Universal Love. In some races blonde hair is a secondary sexual characteristic of chelani, and they are sometimes colloquially referred to as ‘blondes’.
Complementary Sexes: Chelani and melini are complimentary sexes, both feminine. They are based, respectively, on the complementary principles of Sushuri (intemorphic Venus) and Thame (intemorphic Jupiter), rather than the opposite principles of Venus and Mars (Sushuri and Vikhe).
Femininity: The primary state of life. Just as the sun and moon existed long before the physical bodies that currently represent the Solar and Lunar principles to the Earth (and as these and all the seven planetary principles are represented in every world and dimension) . So femininity existed long before there were female creatures (or intemorphs) to manifest it. The principle comes first, the subtle manifestation second, the gross manifestation long afterward.
According to intemorph thought, femininity is not merely the counterpart to masculinity, but is the natural condition of life (a fact perhaps underscored on the biological level by the fact that in Telluri, feminine mental and physical characteristics are primary in all creatures and masculine ones are only created by exposure in the womb - and then at puberty - to masculinising hormones). Masculinity is one possible branching-off from the central Reality. So there are worlds in which masculinity exists and worlds in which it does not, but femininity is universal.
Intemorph: (Race or individual) having two complementary sexes, both feminine, known as chelani and melini.
Melini: Intemorph sex ruled by Sai Thame, the principle of Harmony and Order. Melini are very strong physically (more so than most masculi) and very protective toward chelani. In some intemorph races dark hair is a secondary sexual characteristic of melini, and they are sometimes known colloquially as ‘brunettes’.
Schizomorph: (Race or individual) having two opposite sexes, one masculine, one feminine, known as male and female (in Raihiralan mascul and femin).
