Autochthon (from Greek αὐτόχθων "indigenous", from αὐτο− + χθων "earth, soil"), or the anglicized adjective autochthonous or abstract noun authochthony may refer to:
- The indigenous peoples of a place
- Autochthonous language, the language of an indigenous people
- Autochthonous church, the indigenous church of a people
- Autochtoon, a term in Dutch: a native-born citizen of the Netherlands or Flanders whose parents were also native-born, as opposed to an allochtoon, whose parents were not native-born.
- political indigenism, basing an ideology of the a groups notion of being "autochthonous" to their homeland
- In mythology, people born straight from the earth, with no human parents
- The indigenous flora and fauna of a region; see native species
- A sediment or rock that can be found at its site of formation or deposition, as opposed to an allochthon, which has moved from that site
In fiction:
- Autochthons are the natural inhabitants on a refuge of the CY30-CY30B star system in the novel The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick. They worship the deity Yah who has been banished from Earth and must then invade several characters in the story in order to return to Earth again.
- Autochthon (Exalted), a Primordial deity in White Wolf's role playing game Exalted.
- Autochthon Wurm, a card from Wizard of the Coast's Magic: the Gathering Trading Card Game.
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