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* [[Older Than Print]]: [[The Fair Folk]] being from medieval European folklore.
* [[Older Than Print]]: [[The Fair Folk]] being from medieval European folklore.
* Gregory Maguire's ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'' makes an important distinction between animals and [[Funny Animal|Animals]].
* Gregory Maguire's ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'' makes an important distinction between animals and [[Funny Animal|Animals]].
** Likewise, capitalization serves to distinguish sentient hominids of [[Ring World]], such as Hanging People or Grass Giants, from non-sentient ones such as vampires. Subverted in that, while this convention is used in the (English) text of the last two novels, it's stated in-character that the trade-language of Ringworlders actually uses a ''prefix'' to tell them apart.
** Likewise, capitalization serves to distinguish sentient hominids of [[Ringworld]], such as Hanging People or Grass Giants, from non-sentient ones such as vampires. Subverted in that, while this convention is used in the (English) text of the last two novels, it's stated in-character that the trade-language of Ringworlders actually uses a ''prefix'' to tell them apart.
* The [[Fish People|Forevers]] from [[Ayreon]]
* The [[Fish People|Forevers]] from [[Ayreon]]
* [[Fallen Angel|The Fallen]]
* [[Fallen Angel|The Fallen]]