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In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. The idea of shapeshifting is found in the oldest forms of totemism and shamanism , as well as the oldest existent literature and epic poems such as the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad .
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)
Pages in category "Shapeshifters in Greek mythology" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Stories of shapeshifting within Greek context are old, having been part of the mythological corpus as far back as the Iliad of Homer. Usually those legends include mortals being changed as punishment from a god, or as a reward for their good deeds. In other tales, gods take different forms in order to test or deceive some mortal.
Shapeshifters in Greek mythology (15 C, 29 P) K. Kallikantzaros (8 P) Kitsune (fox) (17 P) L. Loki (1 C, 39 P) N. Nāgas (32 P) ... Pages in category "Shapeshifters"
Kihawahine is a Hawaiian shapeshifting lizard goddess . When Kihawahine Mokuhinia Kalama‘ula Kalā‘aiheana, the daughter of the powerful sixteenth-century ruling chief of Māui , Piʻilani , and his wife Lā‘ieloheloheikawai, died, her bones were deified, transforming her into the goddess. [ 2 ]
Empusa or Empousa (/ ɛ m ˈ p j uː s ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἔμπουσα; plural: Ἔμπουσαι Empusai) is a shape-shifting female being in Greek mythology, said to possess a single leg of copper, commanded by Hecate, whose precise nature is obscure. [2]
Grimm thinks these could symbolise they are "higher beings" who could shapeshift to animal form. [ 16 ] One famous Nixe of recent German folklore , deriving from 19th-century literature, was Lorelei ; according to the legend, she sat on the rock at the Rhine which now bears her name and lured fishermen and boatmen to the dangers of the reefs ...