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List of shapeshifters
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Various characters and creatures in fiction, folklore and legend have the ability to shapeshift.
Human turning into an animal
Main article: Shapeshifting, Clinical lycanthropy, Zoomorphism, Were
- Berserker
- Erchitu
- Ijiraq
- Nagual
- Māui
- Nanaue - the shark-man of Hawaiian legend
- Nereus
- Púca
- Skin-walker
- Wendigo
- Werecat
- Weredog
- Werehyena
- Werejaguar
- Weretiger
- Werewolf
Animal turning into a human
- Bak (Assamese aqueous creature)
- Bakeneko and Nekomata (cat)
- Boto Encantado (river dolphin)
- Itachi (weasel or marten)
- Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo (spider)
- Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox)
- Kawauso (river otter)
- Kushtaka (otter)
- Lady White Snake, Ichchhadhari Nag and Yuxa (snake)
- Pipa Jing (jade pipa)
- Selkie (seal)
- Tanuki (racoon dog)
- Mujina (badger)
- Toyotama-hime (crocodile or shark)
- Tsuru Nyōbō (crane)
- Kaeru Nyōbō (frog)
- Hamaguri Nyōbō (clam)
- Tako Nyōbō (octopus)
Other
- Ala
- Aswang
- Baba Yaga
- Banshee
- Changeling
- Demon
- Doppelgänger
- Empousa
- Hellhounds in Latin American folklore like Huay Chivo and Nahual.
- Jinn
- Kelpie
- Lamia
- Moura Encantada
- Monkey King (from Journey to the West)
- Mangkukulam
- Māui
- Nixie
- Rakshasa
- Saci
- Spring-heeled Jack
- Tengu
- Tiyanak
- Verechelen
- Yaksha
- Yokai
- Yaoguai
- Yogoe
In fiction
- Aku
- Amethyst
- Beast Boy
- Ben Tennyson
- Cosmo and Wanda (fairy)
- Clayface
- Jake
- Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
- Jenny Wakeman
- Mahito
- Martian Manhunter
- Mimic
- Nimona
- SpongeBob
- Werebat: Human with the ability to change into a bat-like form, appears in modern fiction.
- Werecoyote: Human with the ability to change into a coyote form comparable to a werewolf, appears in modern fiction. It has been associated with America.
References
References
- Nakuina, Emma M.. (1896). "The Legend of the Shark-Man, Nanaue". Annual report of the [[Hawaiian Historical Society]].
- Aranda, Lucía. "[https://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/5151.pdf The Representation of Animals in Indigenous Hawai'ian Tales]." EF@ Bulations 3 (2008): 1-9.
- Burchell, Simon. (2007). "Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America". Heart of Albion Press.
- Anisimova, Irina. (2015). "Heterotopia in Contemporary Russian Fiction". [[University of Pittsburgh]].
- (1991). "[[Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia]]". [[TSR, Inc.]].
- Robertson, Venetia Laura Delano. "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2013.16.3.7 The beast within: Anthrozoomorphic identity and alternative spirituality in the online therianthropy movement]." ''Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions'' 16.3 (2013): 7-30.
- Andrianova, Anastassiya. "[https://www.supernaturalstudies.com/previous-journal-issues/vol-3-issue-1/andrianova Teen Drama with a Bite: Human Animality in Teen Wolf]." ''Young'' 3.1 (2016).
- Evans, Tania, and Madeline Pettet. "[https://www.fantastikajournal.com/_files/ugd/506799_4fe00be7d8db4101ae7d1cca7265cdd1.pdf#page=69 The Magical Is Political: Deconstructing the Gendered Supernatural in Teen Wolf]." ''Fantastika'' 2.1 (2018): 68-80.
- Bridges, Bill. (1994). "Werewolf Players Guide". [[White Wolf Publishing]].
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