Shapeshifting - Knowledge (XXG)

411:, the first wife of Zeus and the mother of the goddess Athena, was believed to be able to change her appearance into anything she wanted. In one story, her pride led Zeus to trick her into transforming into a fly. He then swallowed her because he feared that he and Metis would have a son who would be more powerful than Zeus himself. Metis, however, was already pregnant. She stayed alive inside his head and built an armor for her daughter. The banging of her metalworking made Zeus have a headache, so Hephaestus clove his head with an axe. Athena sprang from her father's head, fully grown, and in battle armor. 760: 119: 2425: 309: 1295:, there existed, for example, the famous race of she-werewolves known by the name of Maras, women who took on the appearance of huge half-human and half-wolf monsters that stalked the night in search of human or animal prey. If a woman gives birth at midnight and stretches the membrane that envelopes the child when it is brought forth, between four sticks and creeps through it, naked, she will bear children without pain; but all the boys will be 2053: 6708: 2727: 1473: 1643: 6698: 1940: 1710: 1582: 1495: 231: 2671:, a werewolf cannot regain human form without his clothing, but in wolf form does no harm to anyone. However, the most common use of this motif is in tales where a man steals the article and forces the shapeshifter, trapped in human form, to become his bride. This lasts until she discovers where he has hidden the article, and she can flee. Selkies feature in these tales. Others include 71: 1062: 2267: 1881:

people who live near the Amazon River that both children and adults are terrified of going near the water between dusk and dawn, or entering water alone. Some who supposedly have encountered encantados while out in their canoes have been said to have gone insane, but the creatures seem to have done little more than follow their boats and nudge them from time to time. The

5275: 415: 870: 138: 1847:, encantados or toninhas, are very prevalent in the mythology of the native South Americans. They are frequently characterized in mythology with superior musical ability, seductiveness and love of sex, resulting in illegitimate children, and attraction to parties. Despite the fact that the Encante are said to come from a 1093:, a man captured by the Queen of the Fairies is changed into all manner of beasts before being rescued. He finally turned into a burning coal and was thrown into a well, whereupon he reappeared in his human form. The motif of capturing a person by holding him through all forms of transformation is a common thread in 2931:, the bride who avoids being eaten by the lindworm bridegroom arrives at her wedding wearing every gown she owns, and she tells the bridegroom she will remove one of hers if he removes one of his; only when her last gown comes off has he removed his last skin, and become a white shape that she can form into a man. 1695:

is always malevolent. Usually its form is of a beautiful young woman; one tale recounts a man, a would-be seducer, revealed as a kumiho. The kumiho has nine tails and as she desires to be a full human, she uses her beauty to seduce men and eat their hearts (or in some cases livers where the belief is

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is also a common theme in such folklore. Encantados are said to be fond of abducting humans with whom they fall in love, children born of their illicit love affairs, or just about anyone near the river who can keep them company, and taking them back to the Encante. The fear of this is so great among

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into a donkey. Eustace's transformation is not strictly a punishment – the change simply reveals the truth of his selfishness. It is reversed after he repents and his moral nature changes. Rabadash is allowed to reverse his transformation, providing he does so in a public place, so that his former

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text, the Shapeshifter, or Mestaclocan, can change his appearance and manipulate the minds of animals. In one tale, the Mestaclocan finds a dying eagle. Changing into the form of an eagle, he convinces the dying bird that it is, in fact, not dying. As the story goes they both soar into the heavens

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bear a resemblance to those of humans. Others believe the myth served (and still serves) as a way of hiding the incestuous relations which are quite common in some small, isolated communities along the river. Legend also states that "if a person makes eye contact with an Amazon river dolphin, they

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depicts an animal form as slowly transforming the wizard's mind, so that the dolphin, bear or other creature forgets it was human, making it impossible to change back. This makes an example of a voluntary shapeshifting becoming an imprisoning metamorphosis. Beyond this, the uses of shapeshifting,

2352:, the character is entirely disabled. On the other hand, voluntary shapeshifting can be a means of escape and liberation. Even when the form is not undertaken to resemble a literal escape, the abilities specific to the form allow the character to act in a manner that was previously impossible. 2408:

In many cases, imposed forms are punitive. This may be a just punishment, the nature of the transformation matching the crime for which it occurs; in other cases, the form is unjustly imposed by an angry and powerful person. In fairy tales, such transformations are usually temporary, but they

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is a Finnish story of two brothers, one of whom tries to win the hand of the tsar's wicked daughter. The girl does not like her suitor and endeavors to have him killed, but he turns her into a beautiful mare which he and his brother ride. In the end he turns her back into a girl and marries

2464:, a magical chase occurs where the pursued endlessly takes on forms in an effort to shake off the pursuer, and the pursuer answers with shapeshifting, as, a dove is answered with a hawk and a hare with a greyhound. The pursued may finally succeed in escape or the pursuer in capturing. 2890:, Tatterhood is transformed by her asking her bridegroom why he didn't ask her why she rode a goat, why she carried a spoon, and why she was so ugly, and when he asked her, denying it and therefore transforming her goat into a horse, her spoon into a fan, and herself into a beauty. 2651: 2769:, when two children flee from their cruel stepmother, she enchants the streams along the way to transform them. While the brother refrains from the first two, which threaten to turn them into tigers and wolves, he is too thirsty at the third, which turns him into a deer. 1037:, fled from her through a succession of changes, which she answered with changes of her own. This ended when he turned into a grain of corn and she turned into a hen and ate him. She became pregnant, and he was reborn as a baby. He grew up to be the bard Taliesin. In the 3092:(1883) Curdie is informed that many human beings, by their acts, are slowly turning into beasts. Curdie is given the power to detect the transformation before it is visible and is assisted by beasts that had been transformed and are working their way back to humanity. 2694:, included a version of the story with the typical elements (fisherman sees mermaids dancing on an island and steals the sealskin of one of them, preventing her from becoming a seal again, so that he could marry her) and linked it to the founding of the city of 1019:. As punishment, Math turned them into different types of animals for one year each. Gwydion was transformed into a stag, sow, and wolf, and Gilfaethwy into a hind, boar, and she-wolf. Each year, they had a child. Math turned the three young animals into boys. 935:

were all noted for their shapeshifting ability. Not all fairies could shapeshift, some having only the appearance of shapeshifting, through their power, called "glamour", to create illusions, and some were limited to changing their size, as with the

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was a nymph who loved Helios, but he did not love her back. Desperate, she sat on a rock with no food or water for nine days looking at him as he crossed the skies, until she was transformed into a purple, sun-gazing flower, the

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to keep Janet from taking him, but as he had advised her, she did not let go, and so freed him. The motif of capturing a person by holding him through many transformations is found in folktales throughout Europe, and

2217:, the fable entitled "The she-wolf" tells of a huge she-wolf with a habit of turning into a woman from time to time by taking off her skin. One day a man witnesses the transformation, steals her pelt and marries her. 2964:, burning the skin is a catastrophe, putting the transformed bride or bridegroom in danger. In these tales, the prohibition is broken, invariably, resulting in a separation and a search by one spouse for the other. 2884:; although he was told that this was halfway, she could at his choice be beautiful by day and hideous by night, or vice versa, he told her that he would choose what she preferred, which broke the spell entirely. In 3539:

books, an alien species known as the Andalites has shapeshifting or "morphing" technology that is shared with the Animorphs, giving them the power to shapeshift into any living creature whose DNA they acquire.

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followers will know that he had been a donkey. He is warned that, if he ever leaves his capital city again, he will become a donkey permanently, and this prevents him from leading further military campaigns.

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Wood, Felicity. "The Shape-Shifter on the Borderlands: A Comparative Study of the Trickster Figure in African Orality and in Oral Narratives Concerning one South African Trickster, Khotso Sethuntsa."

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to have any child at all, even one that has another form, and had such children born to them. At the end of the fairy tale, normally after marriage, such children metamorphose into human form.

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has been interpreted as a young woman's coming-of-age, in which she changes from being repulsed by sexual activity and regarding a husband therefore bestial, to a mature woman who can marry.

1858:, despite protests from the others for it to stay, and can be seen by pursuers as it hurries to the river and reverts to dolphin form. When it is under human form, it wears a hat to hide its 1052:'s foundation myths include a union between the founder of the clan and a shape-shifting selkie. Another such creature is the Scottish selkie, which needs its sealskin to regain its form. In 3036:, the prescription for turning the lion back into a prince was to kill him, chop him to pieces, burn the pieces, and throw the ash into the water. Less drastic but no less fatal, the fox in 3314:, can shapeshift into humans and other animals (such as horses). However, they need to keep the copied person or animal alive in order to be able to change back into their natural form. 2248:, one of China's Four Great Classical Novels, greatly features shapeshifting, as many gods, demons, and other mythical beings are capable of the act. The most famous case would be the 2521: 3249:

series, some wizards and witches called 'Animagus' can transform into a particular animal of their choice and are required to register with the Ministry of Magic about their ability.

2082:, three young sorceresses attempt to murder a man who keeps reviving. His revenge is to turn them into three black mares and have them harnessed to heavy loads until he is satisfied. 2196:, the Princess of Corelandia is turned into a horse by the baron necromancer for refusing to marry him. Only the love and intelligence of Candido save the princess from the spell. 1208:, refused to leave his side. When the warrior Hadding found and slew Svipdagr, Freyja cursed him to be tormented by a tempest and shunned like the plague wherever he went. In the 983:

transformed his wife and attendants into mice to attack a crop in revenge; when his wife is captured, he turns himself into three clergymen in succession to try to pay a ransom.

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music videos, Thriller Michael Jackson becomes a werewolf and a zombie, while Black or White features him turning into a panther as well as involving face morphs between races.

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While the popular idea of a shapeshifter is of a human being who turns into something else, there are numerous stories about animals that can transform themselves as well.

2873:. These tales have often been interpreted as symbolically representing arranged marriages; the bride's revulsion to marrying a stranger is symbolized by his bestial form. 665:'s temple – even more frequently, the tales using it are of amorous adventure. Zeus repeatedly transformed himself to approach mortals as a means of gaining access: 4429: 3491: 4344: 4220: 4131: 2155:, Eglė irreversibly transforms her children and herself into trees as a punishment for betrayal while her husband is able to reversibly morph into a serpent at will. 1362:, they attain a human form of their own and have the ability to shapeshift into any living creature, they can live for more than a hundred years without getting old. 6224: 2091:, a Northumbrian legend from about the thirteenth century, Princess Margaret of Bamburgh is transformed into a dragon by her stepmother; her motive sprung, like 3017: 2894:

is transformed when her prince, after she had helped him with two other tasks, tells him that his father has sent him for a bride. A similar effect is found in

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were held to change into wolves and bears to fight more effectively. In many cultures, evil magicians could transform into animal shapes and thus skulk about.

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was a shapeshifting god of animals, magic and the underworld. He was often represented as a bear, wolf, snake or owl. He also became a dragon while fighting

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Scottish Highlanders and Native Americans: indigenous education in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world Margaret Szasz 2007 University of Oklahoma Press

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The heroine must fall in love with the transformed groom. The hero or heroine must marry, as promised, and the monstrous form is removed by the wedding.

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are transformed when their father thinks his sons are playing instead of fetching water to christen their newborn and sickly sister, and curses them. In

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and his children into wolves (hence lycanthropy) as a punishment for either killing Zeus' children or serving him the flesh of Lycaon's own murdered son

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into a boar to conceal him. She also possessed a cloak of falcon feathers that allowed her to transform into a falcon, which Loki borrowed on occasion.

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Sometimes, the parent who wishes for a child is told how to gain one but does not obey the directions perfectly, resulting in a transformed birth. In

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clan, who in Kerala folklore are men believed to possess shapeshifting abilities and can assume animal forms. Odiyans are said to have inhabited the

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Perabo, L. D. 2017. Shapeshifting in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature, Roda da Fortuna. Revista Eletrônica sobre Antiguidade e Medievo, 6(1): 135–158.

3002:, the murdered children become birds who avenge their own deaths. There are African folk tales of murder victims avenging themselves in the form of 1328:, was credited with magic powers – including the power of shapeshifting and turning at will into a bird. She is the central character of the novel 2121:, the third of three sons of a farmer, Hansl, is forced to marry a frog, which eventually turns out to be a beautiful woman transformed by a spell. 1048:, a seal that can remove its skin to make contact with humans for only a short amount of time before it must return to the sea. Clan MacColdrum of 5255:

Zaytoun, Kelli D. ""Now Let Us Shift" the Subject: Tracing the Path and Posthumanist Implications of La Naguala/The Shapeshifter in the Works of

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In some tales, the hero or heroine must obey a prohibition; the bride must spend a period not seeing the transformed groom in human shape (as in

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into an owl, though in this case it was an act of mercy, as the girl wished to hide from the daylight out of shame of being raped by her father.

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In some fairy tales, the character can reveal himself in every new form, and so a usurper repeatedly kills the victim in every new form, as in

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was originally a dwarf, a giant, or even a human, depending on the exact myth, but in all variants, he transformed into a dragon—a symbol of

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respectively), after Tereus raped Philomela and cut out her tongue, and in revenge she and Procne served him the flesh of his murdered son

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pursues her and discovers she is a shapeshifter. Zam Wesell reverts to her natural form when her employer kills her after she is captured.

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fight a wizards' duel, in which the duelists would endlessly transform until one was in a form that could destroy the other. He also had

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type 313A, The Girl Helps the Hero Flee, such a chase is an integral part of the tale. It can be either a transformation chase (as in

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Besides the ability to shapeshift into human form, encantados frequently wield other magical abilities, such as controlling storms,

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Transformation into human form is said to be rare, and usually occurs at night. The encantado will often be seen running from a

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features shapeshifters, which allows the various creatures to trick, deceive, hunt, and kill humans. Water spirits such as the

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into becoming a mouse to be eaten. Shapeshifting may also include symbolic significance, like the Beast's transformation in

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secretly controls many aspects of human society by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate humanity.

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taunt each other with having taken the form of females and nursing offspring to which they had given birth. A 13th-century

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by Cecil Henry Bompas, a buffalo herder falls in love with a dog that has the power to turn into a woman when she bathes.

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Adkins, Christopher David (2023). "Carnivore Incarnate: Wicked Wolves and Noble Bears in Norse Tales of Shapeshifting".

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contains many tales of animal shapeshifters, capable of taking on human form. The most common such shapeshifter is the

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humans into doing their will, transforming humans into encantados, and inflicting illness, insanity, and even death.

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into Arawn's shape, and Arawn transformed himself into Pwyll's so that they could trade places for a year and a day.

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is one such legend; a snake falls in love with a man, and the story recounts the trials she and her husband faced.

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to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. The idea of shapeshifting is found in the oldest forms of

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When a form is taken on involuntarily, the thematic effect can be one of confinement and restraint; the person is

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the (male) selkie seduces a human woman. Such stories surrounding these creatures are usually romantic tragedies.

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tell the heroes of those stories to cut off their heads; this restores them to human shape. In the Greek tale of

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into a spider for challenging her as a weaver and/or weaving a tapestry that insulted the gods. She also turned

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full of wealth which is also without pain or death, they crave the pleasures and hardships of human societies.

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Some transformations are performed to remove the victim from his place so that the transformer can usurp it.

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proves to be a shapeshifted human being, able to help him in its animal form. In one variation, featured in

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captured him to obtain information, and they succeeded only by holding on through his many transformations.

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who emerge from lochs and rivers in the disguise of a horse or woman to ensnare and kill weary travelers.

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The power to externally transform can symbolize an internal savagery; a central theme in many strands of

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There is a significant amount of literature about shapeshifters that appear in a variety of Norse tales.

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is a Celtic faery, and also a deft shapeshifter. He can transform into many different, terrifying forms.

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repopulated the world after a flood by throwing stones behind them; they were transformed into people.

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Loge feigns fear as Alberich turns into a giant snake. Wotan stands in the background; illustration by

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Stith Thompson, The Folktale, p. 56, University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London, 1977

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also contains a fox with the ability to shapeshift. Unlike its Chinese and Japanese counterparts, the

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book series, the demigod Frank Zhang possesses the ability to shapeshift as a gift from his ancestor

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into a crow). Unlike Zeus and other gods' shapeshifting, these women were permanently metamorphosed.

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Sometimes the bridegroom removes his animal skin for the wedding night, whereupon it can be burned.

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Some shapeshifters can change form only if they have some item, usually an article of clothing. In

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In other variants, the pursued may transform various objects into obstacles, as in the fairy tale "

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people of southern Africa. He is a trickster god who can shape shift, usually taking the form of a

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was born when his father wished for a child, even a hedgehog. Even stranger forms are possible:

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killed men wearing wolfskins; when they donned the skins themselves, they were cursed to become

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In other tales, the woman appealed to other gods to protect her from rape, and was transformed (

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Erik J. Wielenberg, "Aslan the Terrible" pp. 226–7 Gregory Bassham ed. and Jerry L. Walls, ed.

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obstacles. This obstacle chase is literally found worldwide, in many variants in every region.

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and its animated feature film adaptation, the titular character is a mischievous shapeshifter.

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trilogy make extensive use of their shapeshifting abilities for the powers of their new forms.

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is also often known to have transformed into a dragon or serpent towards the end of his life.

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himself), characters wielding the Omnitrix are able to shapeshift into various alien species.

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An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures

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An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures

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Waleska Gravena, Tomas Hrbek, Vera M. F. Da Silva, Izeni P. Farias (22 October 2008).

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into a butterfly. The most dramatic example of shapeshifting in Irish myth is that of

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contains this as the bulk of the plot. In the Italian Campania Fables collection of

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which was the fastest horse ever to exist, and also the form of a she-wolf to bear

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into a lizard for mocking her sorrow and thirst during her search for her daughter

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turns into an eagle after death and drowns her daughter for betraying her father.

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for refusing to be her lover. This is a motif found in many legends and folktales.

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also were given the ability to shapeshift by a being from the future, as seen in

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in the form of a giant eagle with her troops on her back as she tries to steal

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Ability to physically transform in mythology, folklore and speculative fiction

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Sometimes metamorphoses transform objects into humans. In the myths of both

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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1

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Dedicated to the study of shape-shifting phenomena (realshapeshifters.com)

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One motif is a shape change in order to obtain abilities in the new form.

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were turned into lions after making love in a temple dedicated to Zeus or

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The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature

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is sometimes said to be a shapeshifter. This trait also is attributed to

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by transforming him into a woman and, seven years later, back into a man.

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While the Greek gods could use transformation punitively – such as

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Married to Magic: Animal Brides and Bridegrooms in Folklore and Fantasy

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Snoop Dogg himself and others have the ability to turn into dogs, like

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Similarly, the transformation back may be acts that would be fatal. In

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is among the most commonly known, but other such creatures include the

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and the wicked old magician transform the duke's daughter into a white

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In a similar effect, a captive may shapeshift to break a hold on him.

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Witches could turn into hares and in that form steal milk and butter.

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variant in which shape-shifting is used to gain access to the tower.

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disapproves of shapeshifting magic, so it is done by the evil witch

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were associated with the power of shapeshifting into female animals.

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media franchise centers upon an alien race of shapeshifting robots.

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Half Human, Half Animal: Tales of Werewolves and Related Creatures

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Half Human, Half Animal: Tales of Werewolves and Related Creatures

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Gómez Salazar, Catalina Trujillo, Fernando Whitehead, Hal (2011).

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after 100 years of tapasya (penance). After being blessed by Lord

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Božanski boj: Tragovima svetih pjesama naše pretkršćanske starine

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features a wide range of shapeshifters, the most prominent being

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When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition

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indicates Belle's ability to accept him despite his appearance.

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had pity on him and transformed the stone into a living woman.

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From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales And Their Tellers

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features a number of shapeshifting alien races, including the

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on her bathing, and he was later devoured by his hunting dogs.

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The prefix "were-" comes from the Old English word for "man".

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in Argentina derives from the toponym of its major island in

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The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings

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Martin, A.R.; Da Silva, V.M.F.; Rothery, P. (Jun 23, 2008).

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Meeting The Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland

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as the forms the characters take on. Some are rare, such as

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Richard M. Dorson, "Foreword", p xxiv, Georgias A. Megas,

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region of Kerala before the widespread use of electricity.

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were transformed, at their deaths, into a pair of trees.

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As a final reward from the gods for their hospitality,

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transformed himself into an old woman to gain entry to

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The Brahmayāmalatantra and Early Śaiva Cult of Yoginīs

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Many fairy-tale characters have expressed ill-advised

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are curious and lack of fear of foreign objects, are

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was known among the gods for his shapeshifting; both

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Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter

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is described as being able to magically turn into a

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MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States

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A brief account of Bushman folklore and other texts

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Translation, Transformation, and Transubstantiation

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Dover Publications. 2618:The Death of Koschei the Deathless 1182:relates Loki taking the form of a 950:Many British fairy tales, such as 25: 6753:Recurrent elements in fairy tales 4497:The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales 3140:The science fiction short story " 1214:, Freyja transformed her protégé 1108:who turned her stepchildren, the 774:who transforms into a laurel tree 623:was turned into a bear by either 489:for trying to murder her prophet 280:. 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(August 1999). 5098:The Encyclopedia of Fantasy 4583:Morphology of the Folk Tale 4517:The Green Forest Fairy Book 3995:"A Fox Woman Tale of Korea" 3595:In the music video for the 3572:1960s show of the same name 3102:The Adventures of Pinocchio 2817:, a girl born as an apple. 2612:The Three Enchanted Princes 2291:the claims made and adding 2202:, a French tale written by 2190:The Mare of the Necromancer 1299:, and all the girls Maras. 6769: 5286:Real Shapeshifters Website 4682:Online text of Ch. VII in 3784:(1976). "Shape-shifting". 3148:(later adapted to film as 2858: 2855:Monstrous bride/bridegroom 2716:Dr Jekyll's transformation 2192:, a Turin Italian tale by 2152:Eglė the Queen of Serpents 2016:, "puma (or jaguar)", and 1876:Along with shapeshifting, 1074:: transformed into a human 959:The Black Bull of Norroway 301: 62: 55: 48: 29: 6692: 5915: 5708:List of story collections 5549:Occult detective fiction‎ 5342: 5243:Shapeshifters: A History. 5037:Little, Brown and Company 4031:. 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4776: 4775:Wilson (1976) 4771: 4768: 4765: 4764:0-691-06943-3 4761: 4757: 4754:Maria Tatar, 4751: 4748: 4744: 4739: 4736: 4733: 4732:0-691-06943-3 4729: 4725: 4722:Maria Tatar, 4719: 4716: 4712: 4707: 4704: 4700: 4695: 4692: 4689: 4687: 4686: 4679: 4676: 4673:, p. 84. 4672: 4667: 4664: 4660: 4654: 4651: 4646: 4640: 4635: 4633: 4629: 4626:, p. 23. 4625: 4620: 4617: 4613: 4607: 4604: 4598: 4595: 4592: 4591:0-292-78376-0 4588: 4584: 4580: 4575: 4573: 4569: 4565: 4560: 4557: 4554: 4553:0-374-15901-7 4550: 4546: 4542: 4541:Marina Warner 4537: 4534: 4531:, p. 94. 4530: 4529:Wilson (1976) 4525: 4522: 4518: 4512: 4509: 4506: 4505:0-393-05163-3 4502: 4498: 4492: 4489: 4485: 4480: 4477: 4474: 4470: 4466: 4465:Joseph Jacobs 4461: 4458: 4450: 4446: 4440: 4433: 4432: 4427: 4421: 4418: 4407: 4403: 4396: 4393: 4381: 4375: 4372: 4360: 4354: 4351: 4346: 4340: 4332: 4328: 4324: 4320: 4316: 4312: 4308: 4301: 4298: 4293: 4289: 4285: 4281: 4277: 4273: 4269: 4262: 4259: 4254: 4248: 4244: 4237: 4235: 4233: 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Frank Baum 3115: 3112: 3108: 3104: 3103: 3098: 3097:Carlo Collodi 3094: 3091: 3090: 3085: 3081: 3080: 3076: 3071: 3069: 3067: 3063: 3059: 3058: 3057:The White Cat 3053: 3052: 3047: 3046: 3041: 3040: 3035: 3034: 3028: 3026: 3025: 3020: 3019: 3014: 3013: 3007: 3005: 3001: 3000: 2995: 2994: 2993:The Rose Tree 2989: 2988: 2983: 2982: 2977: 2976: 2967: 2965: 2963: 2962: 2957: 2956: 2951: 2950: 2945: 2944: 2939: 2938: 2932: 2930: 2929: 2924: 2923: 2918: 2917: 2912: 2911: 2905: 2903: 2902: 2897: 2893: 2889: 2888: 2883: 2879: 2874: 2872: 2868: 2862: 2854: 2852: 2850: 2849: 2844: 2843: 2837: 2835: 2834: 2829: 2825: 2824: 2818: 2816: 2812: 2811:Italo Calvino 2808: 2804: 2800: 2796: 2795: 2790: 2782: 2780: 2778: 2774: 2773: 2772:The Six Swans 2768: 2767: 2762: 2758: 2754: 2753: 2748: 2740: 2736: 2732: 2728: 2721: 2719: 2717: 2713: 2709: 2701: 2699: 2697: 2693: 2692: 2687: 2682: 2680: 2679: 2674: 2670: 2666: 2665: 2656: 2652: 2645: 2643: 2641: 2640: 2633:Bildungsroman 2632: 2630: 2627: 2622: 2620: 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