Shapeshifter
27 books featuring this archetype
The Shapeshifter alters form to test perception and stability. This figure dramatizes ambiguity, transition, and adaptive identity.
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Metamorphoses
Ovid • Roman
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin • East Asian
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Anonymous • Germanic
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition • African
Dreamtime Stories
Oral Tradition • Pacific
Book of Invasions
Anonymous • Celtic
Epic of King Geser
Anonymous • East Asian
Shiva Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Myths of the Dogon
Oral Tradition • African
Culhwch and Olwen
Anonymous • Celtic
Diné Bahaneʼ
Anonymous • Native American
The Book of Taliesin
Anonymous • Celtic
Blackfoot Cycles
Anonymous • Native American
Coast Salish Tales
Coast Salish oral tradition • Native American
Haida Myths
Oral Tradition • Native American
Kwakiutl Tales
Franz Boas • Native American
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest
Katharine Berry Judson • Native American
Tlingit Myth Anthologies
John R. Swanton • Native American
Micronesian Legends
Margarita N. Corpus • Pacific
Myths and Legends of Micronesia
Nancy Bo Flood • Pacific
Nga Mahi a nga Tupuna
George Grey • Pacific