Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4815136-20140817115322/@comment-25374145-20140902034945

You have a point about the box creating a barrier (note: the actual box is ash wood there is no barrier around it) but if the mountain ash inside did not further protect the item there would have been no need for it.

   Apart from that banshees are a creature because like the others said they have an internal genetically passed down power, Peter actually mentions them along with the other supernatural creatures in the flashback with Meredith. Druid’s magic if they use it comes from an external source and so far only the Darach has actually used any sort of magic. Jennifer Blake actually said to Lydia that they did not understand the word sacrifice and implies that the sacrifices are to the Nemeton. This would in turn be granting her the powers she needs for revenge. Also maybe mountain ash only affects certain types of supernatural creatures but just a broader range of them than say wolfs bane. Or maybe only creatures with a certain level of magical power are repelled, and enhanced senses and physical abilities require more magical power.





As for a definition of magical creatures I would define them as: Creatures and beings that are genetically and/or physiologically supernatural or magical at a cellular level, are a spirit/ghost, or come from a realm, plane or world other than our own