Otherkin

Otherkin are a subculture of people who identify as partially or entirely nonhuman. Some otherkin believe their identity derives from spiritual phenomena (such as possessing a nonhuman soul, reincarnation, or the will of God), ancestry,^[1] symbolism, or metaphor.^[2] Others attribute it to unusual psychology or neurodivergence and do not hold spiritual beliefs on the subject.

The otherkin subculture in part grew out of online communities for people identifying as elves in the early-to-mid-1990s.^[3] The word has since come to be treated as an umbrella term for a number of nonhuman identity subcultures which developed around the same time.^[2]

^ Michelle Belanger; Father Sebastiaan (2004). The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work. Weiser Books. p. 274. ISBN 1-57863-321-4. /--/Some feel that their difference is purely spiritual, while others believe there is a genetic difference between themselves and humanity. /--/
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