List of shapeshifters

Various characters and creatures in fiction, folklore and legend have the ability to shapeshift.

Human turning into an animal

• Berserker
• Erchitu
• Ijiraq
• Loogaroo
• Nagual
• Māui
• Nanaue - the shark-man of Hawaiian legend
• Nereus
• Púca
• Skin-walker
• Wendigo
• Werecat
• Weredog
• Werehyena
• Werejaguar
• Weretiger
• Werewolf

Animal turning into a human

• Bak (Assamese aqueous creature)
• Bakeneko and Nekomata (cat)
• Boto Encantado (river dolphin)
• Mąʼii (Coyote)
• 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

• Ala
• Aswang
• Baba Yaga
• Banshee
• Changeling
• Demon
• Doppelgänger
• Empousa
• Hellhounds in Latin American folklore like Huay Chivo and Nahual.
• Jinn
• Kelpie
• Lamia
• Moura Encantada
• Monkey King (from Journey to the West)
• Mangkukulam
• Māui
• Nixie
• Rakshasa
• Saci
• Spring-heeled Jack
• Tengu
• Tiyanak
• Verechelen
• Yaksha
• Yokai
• Yaoguai
• Yogoe

In fiction

• Aku
• Amethyst
• Beast Boy
• Ben Tennyson
• Cosmo and Wanda (fairy)
• Clayface
• Ditto
• Jake
• Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
• Jenny Wakeman
• Mahito
• Martian Manhunter
• Mimic
• Nimona
• SpongeBob
• Werebat: Human with the ability to change into a bat-like form, appears in modern fiction.
• Werecoyote: Human with the ability to change into a coyote form comparable to a werewolf, appears in modern fiction. It has been associated with America.

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