My son turned me on to this website. It is delightful and very creative. I am not unfamiliar with the romantic notion of wanting to be from more exotic origins. For years in my youth I wanted desperately to be a member of some oppressed minority with a much more colorful history than my white Irish/French heritage allowed for. Does anyone know the average age of folks who consider themselves to be Otherkin? How many Otherkin would consider themselves followers of the Muse of storytellers and artists and theatre people? Bravo for following your Bliss and having the courage to be different. It takes a special Soul to dance to a different melody. Blessed Be!!

I really liked the explanation of all the "symptoms" of being an otherkin. In a away, it has helped me on my quest to finding the rest of me.

Another origin is an extra-planar being -- such as a dragon or an angel -- who has willingly chosen incarnation as a human in order to assist true humans with their spiritual evolution. The drawback to this is that once born these Otherkin forget their true identities and their memories must somehow be awakened. This can be a one-shot deal -- like Jesus --, or a longterm operation in which said being lives, dies, and is reborn as a human until existing in the human form is no longer required.

Just a random comment: This site is intriguing, but in a way it also scares me, and I have no idea why. I've always thought/hoped that if I ran into anything mystical like this, I wouldn't be scared like people are in books, but I've run into it and I'm definitely scared. I've never understood people who are afraid of things they don't understand, which means now I don't understand myself. I do know why it's fascinating, though. I've always adored fantasy. The thought that I might be Otherkin appeals to me, though I admit that this is probably conceited.

I realize that this is probably irrelevant and I apologize, but I had to say something. I always do, I'm afraid. So there you go, a little bit of irrelevant nonsense from a thirteen-year-old.

It is truly a shame that there are guilible people in the world. From months of research in the Japanese culture I have never found that the Imperial line of Japan claims descent from Dragons. They claim descent from Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. The Tuatha de Danaan were, from various sources, gods and people with Magical powers. Some of them did turn into Sidhe which "Are a completely separate group."

Also, if indeed a human and another being were to reproduce, the resulting offspring would be sterile. The rules of biology are as clearly defined as the "requirements for species."

Also there is some trouble with the fourth and third justifications. They seem to be more reasons that one may not be Kin. Read them over.

ever since i was 6 i knew that in a previous life i was Gandalf the White. i have his wisdom and patience and feel strangely out of place in this world. i know that it is my destiny to be here yet it has always been frustrating when nobody believes me because i have no proof but such are the challenges of reincarnation. it is not for them to believe but it is for me to share my destiny with those who do. i can only help those who truly want to be helped. my powers will be restored when i reach the third level of acenton of wisdom again in this life. it is heartening to know that i am not alone but others struggle with this cruel twist of fate to be placed in this insain age.

I've always thought of almost everyone else as fire and myself water. I look around, and it makes me sick to my stomach to see the things that humanity has done. It would be nice to separate them from me, it would be nice to be something good and giving and not greedy like human beings, but by denying my own human in me would be to deny that I have ever been human. Humans make mistakes- humanity on a whole does nothing good for the planet. And I have done terrible things along with them. So now, do I get to ignor the things that I have done, and just pretend that I don't continue to do them? because, if humans are greedy, selfish, stupid, and hateful, then by separating yourself from the species simply out of intolerance for it, would that not be ignorant? Humans are an imperfect species, so to claim that you are not one would be to claim that you are not imperfect. So, please tell me, are you perfect? You MIGHT not be human, but are you still perfect? Your answer is no. The answer is no matter what 'species' you are, you are still greedy, selfish, stupid and hateful not because of species, but because of consciousness. Humans were not born distructive, they learned it. And even if your spiritual, boilogical, and mental make up is not that of a humans, you have still been taught by them, still grown up by them. Do not deny that you are imperfect. Don't ignor the problem, except the problem. Instead of trying to fix humanity, you simply separate yourself from it. Albert Einstein once said; "The greatest evil in the world is not that of the wrong doer themself, but that of the person who watches and does nothing." So please tell me, you are not human, but are you any better than a human?

In the section "2 - Appeal to spirit" you state "Problems not dissimilar to trans-gender issues - discomfort with the physical form not because of gender but because of species." Your use of transgender is inaccurate as the term transgender applies to transvestites, cross dressers, autogynephiles, drag queens and kings, among others, none of whome seek out surgical intervention to alter their bodies. Even people who live full time in a gender presentation opposite to their assigned gender at birth, but have no need for Sexual Reassignment Surgery are classed as transgendered because they have no desire or need to change their physical sex. Transgendered people have no problems with the body or sex, just their gender presentation to society.

The only group of people who are compelled to resort to Sexual Reassignment Surgery for altering their sex and the primary and secondary sexual characteristics of their body are Transsexuals.

You will find deffinitions on my web page http://www.wf.net/~waelder/TSinfo.html

Please note that I speak from experience as I'm a transsexual woman and proud of who I am.
I'm not transgendered!

My mom told me my fingernails grow faster than those of any human she's ever seen! Does this make me otherkin?

you are making the argument against otherkin with reference to another... more implausable "MYTH" of god... if "god created the universe why would he create otherkin" to indirectly quote you... i dont see how "God" is more believable than otherkin... Neither have any proof supporting them and are blatently and mindlessly followed by people simply looking for an explanation to it all... its just as plausable that time travels in a loop and we have neither a beginning nor end... and that our purpose in life is to look for our "Beginning... that everytime we realize that it doesnt exist... the world ends... and the time starts over.
*Widely recognized relegion is just cult taken too far* (the god myth)

*relegion=when a belief becomes widely spread,recognized and Organized*
*Cult=before enough people are convinced to believe and thus are organized*

I found this website thing by accident, so I can say this: Who cares if you are different? It doesn't matter if you are Otherkin, transexual, transgender, whatever! I've decided this about hte human race, we either need to be exactly the same as everyone else, or completely different. I myself like to go onto websites and decide what sort of people you all are. I have a weird gift: I usually can tell! I think those of you who say: no wait, there is noone who's a chicken/worm/hamster! It's not real! Is merely looking for a plausible explanation. Those who say: I was a dragon/elf/unicorn in another life! Has merely found their explanation.

Luck to you all!