Shapeshifter Cryptids

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 shape-shifting water horse that lures riders to a watery grave in Scottish lochs.

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.

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.

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

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

A shapeshifting flying serpent from Chilean forests that drains the blood of livestock from the air.

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.