Shapeshifters & Tricksters

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Louisiana's Cajun werewolf stalks the bayou, cursing the sinful and haunting those who break Lent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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