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A dragon is a mythological creature, typically depicted as a large and powerful serpent or other reptile, with magical or spiritual qualities. Dragon - Overview. The various figures now called dragons most likely have no single origin, but spontaneously came to be in several different cultures around the world, based loosely on the appearance of a snake and possibly fossilized dinosaur and Tertiary mammal megafauna remains. Chinese dragons (among others) are generally seen as benevolent, whereas Euro ...

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• Dragon - Overview
• Dragon - Dragons of myth and folkore
• Dragon - Notable Dragons in modern literature and culture

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The various figures now called dragons most likely have no single origin, but spontaneously came to be in several different cultures around the world, based loosely on the appearance of a snake and possibly fossilized dinosaur and Tertiary mammal megafauna remains. Chinese dragons (among others) or Long are generally seen as benevolent, whereas European dragons are usually malevolent. However, malevolent dragons are not restricted to Europe and also occur in Persian mythology ( ...

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Dragon, Dragon - Overview, Dragon - Dragons of myth and folkore, Dragon - Notable dragons in modern literature and culture

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The various figures now called dragons most likely have no single origin, but spontaneously came to be in several different cultures around the world, based loosely on the appearance of a snake and possibly fossilized dinosaur and Tertiary mammal megafauna remains. Chinese dragons (among others) are generally seen as benevolent, whereas European dragons are usually malevolent. However, malevolent dragons are not restricted to Europe and also occur in Persian mythology ( ...

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Dragon, Dragon - Overview, Dragon - Dragons of myth and folkore, Dragon - Notable Dragons in modern literature and culture

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Although the otherkin community is a diverse and loosely-defined one and lacks an explicit ideology, some beliefs are especially common. Otherkin tend to have a number of New Age sensibilities and to be very open to supernatural concepts, particularly belief in the soul or spirit. Other common beliefs in the otherkin community include animism, Neo-Paganism, totemism, possession, reincarnation, and other paranormal events. However, just as some otherkin believe that they are physically non-human and some don't, not all otherkin believe in the ...

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Otherkin, Otherkin - History and usage, Otherkin - Reactions, Otherkin - Beliefs, Otherkin - Awakening, Otherkin - Notes

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The 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[8]; however, from the context it appears in, the term seems to have been well established in certain communities by this point already.[9] It was originally coined when it became clear that ...

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Otherkin, Otherkin - History and usage, Otherkin - Reactions, Otherkin - Beliefs, Otherkin - Awakening, Otherkin - Notes

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Outside of their own subculture, otherkin beliefs are often met with controversy; a critical mention of them has even been included in a first-year seminar titled "Nonsense in America: The Lure of the Irrational" offered by the The College of Wooster in the Fall of 2002.[17] When mental health professionals have encountered individuals who believe that they can transform into an animal or are otherwise non-human in some way, they have sometimes di ...

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Otherkin, Otherkin - History and usage, Otherkin - Reactions, Otherkin - Beliefs, Otherkin - Awakening, Otherkin - Notes

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