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Discussions: Paranormal abilities and beings ...

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Paranormal abilities and beings ...
Started by racethom, Friday, July 18 2008. Last post Friday, July 25 2008.

Let's see how many we can come up with ...
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racethom - Friday, July 18 2008
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I'll start with some of the most frequently seen:

1. vampires
2. werewolves
3. fairies
4. elves
5. witches
6. warlocks
7. empaths
8. telepaths
9. telekinesis
10. psychics (although this is a bit broad of a term)
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Aurian - Saturday, July 19 2008
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11. trolls
12. dragons
13. phoenix
14. ghosts
15. pixies
16. nymphs
17. sprites
18. mermaid
19. gods and goddesses
20. deity
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racethom - Saturday, July 19 2008
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21. dhamphirs (in it's various and sundry spelling variations)
22. flits
23. fauns
24. fire lizards (I think there's a more specific name for these)
25. zombies
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Aurian - Saturday, July 19 2008
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26. demons
27. levitation
28. firestarter
29. goblins
30. kobolds
31. leprechauns
32. unicorns
33. pegasus
34. centaur
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racethom - Saturday, July 19 2008
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LOL!
We can just keep on making this list longer between the two of us!

35. wizards
36. weatherworkers (I'm actually thinking of Weather Wardens)
37. skinwalkers
38. walkers (there's a difference from the above but I can't recall what)
39. ents (heh, heh! ... guess what that's from)
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Aurian - Sunday, July 20 2008
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I have read the Weather Wardens, the walkers are from Patricia Briggs, skinwalkers use the skin of an animal and are mostly evil, and ents from Lords of the Ring :)
I hope the other group members join us soon ;)
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racethom - Sunday, July 20 2008
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Me too ...

The skinwalkers have been mentioned in other books too.
I'm trying to remember where.
Maybe C.E. Murphy's Urban Shaman series or one of Neil Gaiman's books?
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racethom - Sunday, July 20 2008
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Skinwalkers! They were also mentioned in that really good paranormal mystery series that was written by a husband and wife team ... something and Aimee Thurlo maybe. Anyway, the main character is an Amerindian in law enforcement who was turned into a partial vampire.
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Aurian - Monday, July 21 2008
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40. zombies
41. ghouls
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kimmer - Tuesday, July 22 2008
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Okay I'll bite!

How about wraiths (Phaedra Weldons series)

other ghost talkers (Linda Lael Millers series as well as others)

kate marsh's new series has all manner of ghostly dealing people with their own titles - some are mentioned above.

Toni Andrews gives her heroine the 'press' as she calls it- what would that be?

Oh and isnt a fire lizard known as a salamander? And dont forget the baselisk!
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racethom - Tuesday, July 22 2008
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"The Press" would be an ESPer type of power ... tele-something.
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racethom - Friday, July 25 2008
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How about we count them this way:

43. wraiths
44. baselisk

I think everything else is mentioned in one of the other lists.
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Stuart Clark - Tuesday, July 22 2008
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42. Clairvoyants/Psychics
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racethom - Friday, July 25 2008
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45.
I'm not sure what to call this one.
I'm thinking of the Nina Kiriki Hoffman books especially "The Thread That Binds the Bones".
Psychic aliens from another or alternate world with magical powers?
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