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This is a list of shapeshifters appearing in legend, folklore and fiction.
Human turning into an animal edit
Animal turning into a human edit
- Bak (Assamese aqueous creature)
- Bakeneko (cat)
- Boto Encantado (river dolphin)
- Jorōgumo (spider)
- Kitsune, Huli Jing and Kumiho (fox)
- Kushtaka (Otter)
- Lady White Snake, Ichchhadhari Nag and Yuxa (snake)
- Myrmidons (ant)
- Pipa Jing (jade pipa)
- Selkie (seal)
- Tanuki (racoon dog)
- Toyotama-hime (crocodile or shark)
- Tsuru Nyōbō (crane)
Other edit
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.