Endosomatophilia (often shortened to endosoma) is an attraction (often as a sexual fetish) to fantasies involving complete encapsulation of a living thing within the body of another living thing. Endosomatophilia is often an underlying factor in vorarephilia/phagophilia, unbirth, insertion fantasy, and other related fetishes. However, the term itself was not coined until 2004. Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Sigmund Freud though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a persons body. ... Vorarephilia (also referred to as voraphilia, vore, and phagophilia) is the interest/sexual fetish in which a person fantasizes about eating another person and/or creature, or being eaten. ... Vorarephilia (also referred to as voraphilia, vore, and phagophilia) is the interest/sexual fetish in which a person fantasizes about eating another person and/or creature, or being eaten. ... An unbirth is a sexual fetish involving the desire to be swallowed alive by the female genitalia. ...

Due to its relative youth as a fetish term, there are currently no known websites or references with focus on endosoma. Because of this, many vore sites host endosoma material unrelated to vorarephilia itself. Because vore fantasies often involve violence and/or snuff, endosomaphiles are often daunted by the overwhelming presence of vore, as opposed to other forms of endosoma. The term was created in the hopes of forming more endosoma-oriented web content, communities, and chat rooms. Vorarephilia is the interest/sexual fetish in which a person fantasizes about eating another person and/or creature, or being eaten. ... Snuff can refer to any of the following: Fine-ground smokeless tobacco, intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose Swedish snus tobacco, used between the cheek and upper gums To kill, as in a Snuff movie punk pop thrash band Snuff from the UK This is... A chat room is an online forum where people can chat online (talk by broadcasting messages to people on the same forum in real time). ...

Endosoma is often associated with macrophilia and microphilia, as a large size difference can facilitate bodily containment. Macrophilia is the sexual attraction to a larger person. ... Microphilia is the sexual attraction to a smaller person. ...

Currently, endosomatophilia is most well known among furries, and (as of the most recent edit) the only known focal point for endosomatophilia is #endosoma on the Furnet Internet Relay Chat network. Robin Hood and Maid Marian as foxes from the Walt Disney Robin Hood, a major example of the predominant character design style of Furry art Furry is a colloquial term used to indicate a particular category of fictional anthropomorphic animals. ... Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet. ...

Usage notes: Endosoma(tophilia) is sometimes misdefined as soft vore in which the prey is not digested. Also, it was originally coined as endosomaphilia, which was later found to be incorrect. Soft vore is a branch sexual fetish linked to [vore], [unbirthing], [macrophilia], [microphilia] and [Endosomatophilia]. Soft vore is mainly an online roleplaying fetish where one fantasizes about being swallowed, or swallowing someone or another living creature whole. ...

See Also

• Sexual fetishism
• Fur fetishism
• Furries