All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Shapeshifters"

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Subcategories: Werewolves

Total 47 word senses

• Loki (Proper name) [English] The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.
• Loki (Proper name) [Polish] Loki (the god of mischief and trickery)
• Proteus (Proper name) [English] A sea god who could change his shape at will.
• Wolfstar (Proper name) [English] The ship of characters Remus Lupin and Sirius Black of the Harry Potter series.
• animagus (Noun) [English] A person who can transform into an animal.
• boggart (Noun) [English] Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost)
• changeling (Noun) [English] In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
• changeling (Noun) [English] An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
• changeling (Noun) [English] An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
• changeling (Noun) [English] A person apt to change their loyalty or thinking; a waverer.
• finfolk (Noun) [English] Sorcerous shapeshifters of the sea in Orkney folklore.
• gamecraft (Noun) [English] A type of dominance competition practiced by werewolves that focuses on cleverness, wit, and cunning.
• kitsune (Noun) [English] A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.
• loogaroo (Noun) [English] A creature of Caribbean mythology similar to a vampire or werewolf.
• loup-garou (Noun) [English] A werewolf.
• lycan (Noun) [English] A werewolf.
• lycanthrope (Noun) [English] A werewolf
• lycanthrope (Noun) [English] More generally, any sort of werecreature.
• lycanthropia (Noun) [English] Alternative form of lycanthropy
• lycanthropy (Noun) [English] The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom.
• lükantroopia (Noun) [Estonian] lycanthropy
• man-wolf (Noun) [English] A werewolf or lycanthrope.
• rougarou (Noun) [English] A werewolf or werewolf-like creature said to inhabit swamps in Louisiana (and sometimes French Canadian) folklore.
• scisaac (Proper name) [English] The ship of characters Scott McCall and Isaac Lahey from the Teen Wolf series.
• selkie (Noun) [English] A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin.
• shapechange (Verb) [English] To shapeshift.
• shapechange (Noun) [English] An instance of shapechanging.
• shapechanger (Noun) [English] A creature that can supernaturally change its physical form.
• shapeshift (Verb) [English] To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.
• shapeshifter (Noun) [English] A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.
• silver bullet (Noun) [English] A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf, vampire, or other monster.
• swan maiden (Noun) [English] A woman able to shapeshift between human and swan forms.
• tengu (Noun) [English] A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose.
• therianthrope (Noun) [English] Any mythical being which is part human, part animal.
• therianthropy (Noun) [English] Shapeshifting between human and animal forms.
• therianthropy (Noun) [English] The characteristic of being a therianthrope; therianism.
• were- (Prefix) [English] lycanthrope, used with animal names to indicate a person who changes shape into that animal.
• wereboar (Noun) [English] A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a boar.
• werewolf (Noun) [English] A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
• werewolfdom (Noun) [English] The state of being a werewolf; werewolfism; lycanthropy.
• werewolfess (Noun) [English] A female werewolf.
• werewolfish (Adjective) [English] Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
• werewolfism (Noun) [English] lycanthropy; the transformation of a person into a wolf
• werewolfy (Adjective) [English] Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
• werewoman (Noun) [English] A woman who takes the form of an animal through a process of lycanthropy.
• wolfman (Noun) [English] A male werewolf or lycanthrope.
• wolfwoman (Noun) [English] A female werewolf or female lycanthrope.

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