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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 poetry, epic poems such as the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' and the ''Iliad''. The concept remains a common literary device in modern fantasy, children's literature and popular culture. Examples of shapeshifters are vampires and werewolves. Folklore and mythology Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolf, werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and demonesses such as the Norse mythology, Norse Loki or the Greek mythology, Greek Proteus. Shapeshifting to th ...
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Lycaon may refer to: Mythology * Lycaon (Greek myth), name of mythological characters named Lycaon ** Lycaon (son of Priam), son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe ** Lycaon (king of Arcadia), son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of Arcadia ** Lycaon, brother or son of Eurypylus of Cyrene Biology * Lycaon (genus), ''Lycaon'' (genus), a genus containing one extant species, the African wild dog * ''Canis lupus lycaon'', the eastern wolf * ''Hyponephele lycaon'', the dusky meadow brown butterfly Other uses * Lycaon (band), a Japanese visual kei rock band * 4792 Lykaon, an asteroid See also

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