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--><ref name="wooster">{{cite web | title=Nonsense in America: The Lure of the Irrational | work=Wooster.edu | url=http://www.wooster.edu/geology/FYSW/NonsenseFYS.html | accessdate=19 October | accessyear=2005}}</ref> 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]]<!-- |
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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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See also
References
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.
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^ Belanger, Michelle (June 21, 2003). "Dragons & Faeries & Gnomes Oh My!". PagaNet News.
^ "Elven Language Page". rialian.com. Retrieved 15 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
^ "Elenari Language Dictionary". greenworld.spiritualitea.net. Retrieved 15 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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.
Notes
- ^ Mamatas, Nick (2001). "Elven Like Me". The Village Voice, New York. 46 (7): 35.
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- ^ Polson, Willow (2003). The Veil's Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic. Citadel Press. p. 95. ISBN 0-8065-2352-2.
- ^ "Nonsense in America: The Lure of the Irrational". Wooster.edu. Retrieved 19 October.
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