Otherkin
From Therianthropy
Otherkin is a subculture made up of people who consider themselves at least partially non-human or having a connection to a mythical archetype in some way, usually believing to be mythological or legendary creatures. Some Therian people consider themselves to be Otherkin, while many do not recognize the "Otherkin" concept as being as "valid" or "real" as Therianthropy due to the fact that many of the Otherkin archetypes are of "mythical" or "supernatural" creatures. The view on this concept varies from person to person in the Therian community.
Common creatures to which Otherkin claim some connection include angelkin, demonkin, elven-kin, fairies, and even alien-kin.[1][2] The otherkin community grew out of the elven online community of the early-to-mid-1990s, with the earliest recorded use of the term otherkin appearing in early 1996.[3] Outside of their own subculture, otherkin beliefs are often met with controversy.[4] According to diagnosis criteria put forth by mental health professionals, the belief that one is physically non-human or can be/has been turned into an animal is termed clinical lycanthropy, and is a delusion of varying severity and significance.[5] However, most otherkin are completely aware that they are physically human, or at least, are seen that way.
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- Template:Cite news- A 1986 Circle News Network article citing the Silver Elves, and the older group, the Elf Queen's Daughters
- Template:Cite news- Village Voice article
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Polson, Willow (2003). Template:Italiclink. Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-2352-2. - One of Willow Polson's books has a chapter on otherkin
Lupa (2007). Template:Italiclink. Immanion Press. ISBN 978-1-905713-07-3.
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- ↑ Mamatas, Nick (February 20 2001). "Template:Link". The Village Voice, New York 46 (7): 35. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0107,mamatas,22273,8.html.
- ↑ Polson, Willow (2003). Template:Italiclink. Citadel Press. pp. 93. ISBN 0-8065-2352-2. http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=_nsVcjo5Ey0C&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=otherkin&sig=dIDm7yHgQWCA5rr20XwjNWO4GpQ.
- ↑ Polson, Willow (2003). Template:Italiclink. Citadel Press. pp. 95. ISBN 0-8065-2352-2. http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=_nsVcjo5Ey0C&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=otherkin&sig=gBwHGXxvyfvAkKbmTNqEsB2iBwI.
- ↑ Nonsense in America: The Lure of the Irrational. Wooster.edu. Retrieved on 19 October, 2005.
- ↑ Garlipp, P; Godecke-Koch T, Dietrich DE, Haltenhof H. (Jan 2004). "Template:Link". Acta Psychiatr Scand 109 (1): 19-22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14674954.
