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Shapeshifting

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. The concept remains a common literary…

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Shapeshifting

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Shapeshifting

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related to Film and popular culture · 94
Shapeshifting → Alternate Universe, Among, Anakin, Andalites, Animorphs, Attack, Beast Boy, Ben, Ben Tennyson, Black, Cabal, Camilo, Chameleons, Chameloids, Changelings, Clayfaces, Clones, Cocker Spaniels, Colonists, Deep Space Nine
related to Fiction · 67
Shapeshifting → Also, Americans, Another World, Arthur, Beorn, Both, Boy, Calormene, Campbell, Curdie, Dawn Treader, Dragon's Eye, Dragon's Teeth, Earthmasters, Eustace Scrubb, Eustace's, Fire, Frank Baum, Glinda, Good
related to Folktales · 64
Shapeshifting → Allison Gross, Aulnoy, Bamburgh, Beast, Beauty, Both, Candido, China's Four Great Classical, Corelandia, Croatian, Eglė, Exclusively Slavonic Sources, Fay, Finnish, French, From, German, Guido Gozzano, Gustav Jungbauer, Hansl
related to Greco-Roman · 23
Shapeshifting → Apples, Apuleius's Lucius, Aristaeus, Athena, Circe's, Examples, He, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hesperides, Homer's The Odyssey, In, Menelaus, Metis, Nereus, Odysseus's, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Proteus, She, The
related to Themes · 20
Shapeshifting → Beast, Beast's, Beauty, Belle's, Beyond, Earthsea, East, Even, Examples, For, In, Le Guin, Moon, On, Sun, The She-Bear, This, Ursula, West, When
related to Indian · 15
Shapeshifting → After, Cecil Henry Bompas, Folklore, Ichchhadhari, In, In Kerala, Indian, Kerala, Lord Shiva, Malabar, Odiyan, Odiyans, Santal Parganas, The Dog Bride, Yoginis
related to Folklore and mythology · 13
Shapeshifting → Canadian, China, East Asia, European, Greek Proteus, India, It, Japan, Native American/early American, Navajo, Norse Loki, Old English, The
related to Transformation chase · 11
Shapeshifting → Child Ballad, Farmer Weathersky, Foundling-Bird, Gianbattista Basile, In, Italian Campania Fables, Neapolitan, Pentamerone, The, The Grimm Brothers, The Twa Magicians
related to External links · 6
Shapeshifting → Dedicated, Love, Media, Shapeshifters, Wikimedia CommonsReal Shapeshifters Website, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Slavic mythology · 5
Shapeshifting → He, In Slavic, Perun, Slavic, Veles

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Shapeshiftingis aability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means0.90text
the Epic of Gilgameshinstance ofas well as the oldest existent literature and epic poems0.80text
the Iliadinstance ofas well as the oldest existent literature and epic poems0.80text
Lokiinstance ofalong with deities0.80text
Vertumnusinstance ofalong with deities0.80text
the huli jing of Chinainstance ofshapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia0.80text
the obake of Japaninstance ofshapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia0.80text
the Navajo skin-walkersinstance ofshapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia0.80text
and godsinstance ofshapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia0.80text
goddessesinstance ofshapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia0.80text
demonsinstance ofshapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia0.80text
demonesses such as the Norse Loki or the Greek Proteusinstance ofshapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia0.80text

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