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Otherkin is a subculture made up of people who consider themselves non-human or having a connection to a mythical archetype in some way, usually believing to be mythological or legendary creatures.[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 an animal or can be turned into an animal is termed clinical lycanthropy[5], a delusion of varying severity and significance.

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[edit] References

[edit] Periodicals

  • "The Elven Star", Circle News Network, Summer 1986.- A 1986 Circle News Network article citing the Silver Elves, and the older group, the Elf Queen's Daughters
  • "Elven Like Me", Village Voice, 14 February 2001.- Village Voice article

↑  Belanger, Michelle. "Dragons & Faeries & Gnomes Oh My!", PagaNet News, June 21, 2003. ↑  Elven Language Page. rialian.com. Retrieved on 15 October 2005. ↑  Elenari Language Dictionary. greenworld.spiritualitea.net. Retrieved on 15 October 2005.

[edit] Books

  • Polson, Willow (2003). The Veil's Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic. Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-2352-2. - One of Willow Polson's books has a chapter on otherkin
  • Eliade, Mircea (1965). Rites and Symbols of Initiation: the mysteries of birth and rebirth. Harper & Row.  Includes a specific account of Norse hunters who 'turned into wolves' during the course of an initiation and mentions other accounts.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mamatas, Nick (February 20 2001). "Elven Like Me". The Village Voice, New York 46 (7): 35. 
  2. ^ Polson, Willow (2003). The Veil's Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic. Citadel Press, 93. ISBN 0-8065-2352-2. 
  3. ^ Polson, Willow (2003). The Veil's Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic. Citadel Press, 95. ISBN 0-8065-2352-2. 
  4. ^ Nonsense in America: The Lure of the Irrational. Wooster.edu. Retrieved on 19 October 2005.
  5. ^ Garlipp, P; Godecke-Koch T, Dietrich DE, Haltenhof H. (Jan 2004). "Lycanthropy--psychopathological and psychodynamical aspects". Acta Psychiatr Scand 109 (1): 19-22. 

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