Shapeshifters & Tricksters

A Navajo witch who wears the skins of animals and walks between worlds.

A gaunt, insatiable spirit of the frozen north that was once human.

The Philippines' most feared shapeshifter hides as your neighbor by day and hunts as a beast by night.

A divine chimera of dragon and deer that only appears to herald greatness or disaster.

A vampire that tears its own torso free and flies through the night on bat-like wings, trailing its entrails below.

A six-legged panther-witch from Cherokee legend that screams through Appalachian hollows.

A small, troll-like trickster from Wampanoag legend that lures victims off cliffs.

This shape-shifting water horse of Scottish lochs lures riders onto its back, then drags them to a watery death.

A 400-year-old spider that takes the form of a beautiful woman to lure men to their death.

A fanged, winged rabbit with antlers sounds like a joke until you see the taxidermy specimens in Bavarian hunting lodges.

A towering horse-headed giant that leads travelers in circles through the Philippine wilderness.

In Central America, a glowing-eyed dog follows you home at night, but its color decides your fate.

Sacred water guardians of Maori tradition that shape rivers, protect tribes, and sometimes drag the unwary to their doom.

A bloated, frog-faced old man lurks at the bottom of Slavic rivers, drowning the careless and keeping their souls in teapots.

The Amazon's pink river dolphin comes ashore at night disguised as a handsome stranger.

Brazilian hunters know this forest spirit punishes anyone who takes more than they need.

A Finnish forest spirit that spreads disease and madness to anyone who catches a glimpse of her moving through the trees.

In Togo, a vampire disguised as a glowing firefly slips through locked doors to feed on the sleeping.

In the Australian outback, a malevolent spirit stalks those who practice sorcery and kills them in their sleep.