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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 ...
Mythical beings and creatures with the ability to change their bodies. This may either be a power they can freely activate at will, or a curse which forces them to change involuntarily. Subcategories
1722 German woodcut of a werewolf transforming. Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and ...
Maintained to separate fiction - While some may argue that the category of Fictional Shapeshifters is superfluous, this category is maintained to separate shapeshifters appearing in works of fiction (i.e. characters created by a specific author in specific work) and those from legend, mythology or folklore (for instance, the trickster gods of various mythologies).
This category contains articles about works and topics that include themes of shapeshifting. Please do not categorize individual characters in this category. Please do not categorize individual characters in this category.
The short story "Kushtuka" by Mathilda Zeller, features the eponymous creature as a shapeshifter who assumes the image of the protagonist. The story is featured in the collection "Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology" published in 2023. [7]
Loogaroo (French America) – Shapeshifting, female vampire; Lou Carcolh – Snake-mollusk hybrid; Loup-garou – Werewolf; Loveland frog (American Folklore) – Cryptid, Humanoid Frog; Lubber fiend – House spirit; Luduan – Truth-detecting animal; Lugat – Vampire; Lui-kong-tsiau – Thunderbird
Sihuanaba – a shapeshifting spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind, before revealing her face to be that of a horse; Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)