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Various characters and creatures in fiction, folklore and legend have the ability to shapeshift.
Human turning into an animal
editAnimal turning into a human
edit- 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
edit- Ala
- Aswang
- Baba Yaga
- Banshee
- Changeling
- Demon
- Doppelgänger
- Empousa
- Hellhounds in Latin American folklore like Huay Chivo and Nahual.[3]
- Jinn
- Kelpie
- Lamia
- Moura Encantada
- Monkey King (from Journey to the West)
- Mangkukulam
- Māui
- Mimic
- Nixie
- Rakshasa
- Saci
- Spring-heeled Jack
- Tengu
- Tiyanak
- Verechelen
- Yaksha
- Yokai
- Yaoguai
- Yogoe
In fiction
edit- Aku
- Amethyst
- Beast Boy
- Ben Tennyson
- Cosmo and Wanda (fairy)
- Clayface
- Jake
- Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
- Jenny Wakeman
- Mahito
- Martian Manhunter
- Nimona
- SpongeBob
- Werebat: Human with the ability to change into a bat-like form, appears in modern fiction.[4][5]
- Werecoyote: Human with the ability to change into a coyote form comparable to a werewolf,[6] appears in modern fiction.[7][8][9][6] It has been associated with America.[6]
References
edit- ^ Nakuina, Emma M. (1896). "The Legend of the Shark-Man, Nanaue" (PDF). Annual report of the Hawaiian Historical Society. 4: 10–19. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ Aranda, Lucía. "The Representation of Animals in Indigenous Hawai'ian Tales." EF@ Bulations 3 (2008): 1-9.
- ^ Burchell, Simon (2007). Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America. Loughborough: Heart of Albion Press. pp. 1, 24. ISBN 978-1-905646-01-2. OCLC 163296003.
- ^ Anisimova, Irina (2015). Heterotopia in Contemporary Russian Fiction (PhD thesis). University of Pittsburgh. p. 77. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Aaron Allston; Steven E. Schend; Jon Pickens (1991). Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia. TSR, Inc. pp. 34–35. ISBN 1-56076-085-0.
- ^ a b c Robertson, Venetia Laura Delano. "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. "Teen Drama with a Bite: Human Animality in Teen Wolf." Young 3.1 (2016).
- ^ Evans, Tania, and Madeline Pettet. "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. p. 141. ISBN 9781565040571.