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* The term [[otherkin]] was first coined on [[The Elfinkind Digest]] by [[Torin]]? |
* The term [[otherkin]] was first coined on [[The Elfinkind Digest]] by [[Torin]]? |
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* The online [[therian]] community started out on [[alt.horror.werewolves]] on [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]]? |
* The online [[therian]] community started out on [[alt.horror.werewolves]] on [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]]? |
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* A [[windigos|windigo]] named [[James H. III]] suggested the term [[therianthrope]]s for [[therians]] on [[alt.horror.werewolves]] in December 1994 as a more general term than [[lycanthrope]]s? |
* A [[windigos|windigo]] named [[James H. III]] suggested the term [[therianthrope]]s for [[therians]] on [[alt.horror.werewolves]] in December 1994 as a more general term than [[lycanthrope]]s? |
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* The first discussion group for [[vampires|real vampires]] online was the [[alt.culture.vampires]] [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] group, a spin-off group from [[alt.vampyres]], which was created on February 9, 1998? |
* The first discussion group for [[vampires|real vampires]] online was the [[alt.culture.vampires]] [[wikipedia:Usenet|Usenet]] group, a spin-off group from [[alt.vampyres]], which was created on February 9, 1998? |
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Revision as of 21:24, 10 January 2013
- Did you know...
- The term otherkin was first coined on The Elfinkind Digest by Torin?
- The online therian community started out on alt.horror.werewolves on Usenet?
- An angel otherkin, MemoryandDream - owner and founder of Embracing Mystery and Drink Deeply and Dream - started the I Am Obamacare meme?
- There is a largely separate Draconity community for dragon otherkin, which started out on alt.fan.dragons on Usenet?
- The Elf Queen's Daughters were an elven group in 1973?
- Real vampires were once termed human living vampires?
- Walking the Thresholds is the longest continually-running gathering for otherkin?
- The Elfinkind Digest is the mailing list that started the online otherkin community?
- The Otherkin, Therian and Real Vampire communities evolved separately with some limited overlap in membership, and are still largely separate despite increasing overlap?
- The otherkin and multiplicity communities have historically had a great deal of overlap due to the frequency of multiple systems having nonhuman members?
- Starseeds and earth angels/elementals are two nonhuman communities which developed as part of the new age movement, independent of the otherkin community?
- The first howl in the therian community was held in the fall of 1994 in Ohio, and was organized by Smash Greywolf for members of the alt.horror.werewolves Usenet group?
- A windigo named James H. III suggested the term therianthropes for therians on alt.horror.werewolves in December 1994 as a more general term than lycanthropes?
- The first discussion group for real vampires online was the alt.culture.vampires Usenet group, a spin-off group from alt.vampyres, which was created on February 9, 1998?