[GolfPopper]

>May as well treat them more like tribal shaman, priests, preachers, and rabbis.

Why associate them with roles that have a degree of positive association and human connection?

Treating them as faeries, vampires, or demons seems more accurate.

[fzeroracer]

I think treating them as the fae, vampire or demons is sort of insulting. Those creatures are at least bound by supernatural laws and can be negotiated with in some way.