Autochthon

Autochthon, autochthons or autochthonous may refer to:

Animals

• Autochton (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
• Autochton cellus, a North and Central American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae

Fiction

• Autochthons, characters in the novel The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick
• Autochthon, a Primordial in the Exalted role-playing game

Science

• Autochthonous transmission, spread of disease between two individuals of 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

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)
• Auto (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