Shapeshifter Archive
Celtic Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Manannán mac Lir (or Manann) - "son of the sea") - is a sea god in Irish mythology and the Welsh tradition; his
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most intriguing personalities in Irish mythology is Fintan Mac Bochra, the first man in Ireland. His relationship with the granddaughter
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Nue, is a mysterious shape-shifting creature referred to in Japanese literature since ancient times. It is a yokai, a weird or mysterious
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Demons are mentioned in myths, legends, folklore and various religions worldwide. Known under a variety of names, demons and other diabolical creatures represent
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Colombian folklore, the Patasola (‘La Patasola’) is a female monster living on the summits of the plain. She has only one leg
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient beliefs, mysterious and powerful spirits controlled territories and possessed human qualities. Depending on the degree of danger, a person endowed them
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For the Navajo and other tribes of the Southwest, the tales of skinwalkers are not only legends. Navajo people are reluctant to reveal skin-walker
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient folklore of the Seminole Indians of Oklahoma in the United States, there is a vampire-like creature called a stikini ("man owl").
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like many other mythological tricksters, Iktomi finds himself in constant trouble. He is very destructive, primarily to himself. Iktomi likes to play games
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In our earlier article on AncientPages, we described Pooka, a prankster and a shapeshifter that could take many forms from a black horse to
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Loki is an elusive figure in countless Northern myths, but he is also the most fascinating of all the members of the Norse
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Celtic Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Irish mythology, we come across a number of stories about shape-shifting beings. These shape-shifters are often gods, goddesses, magicians, witches, fairies, and
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Celtic Mythology
AncientPages.com - A demonic Celtic creature known as Buggane is mentioned in many folk stories in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In ancient beliefs of people living in the region
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Native Americans have wonderful legends of a powerful and magnificent Thunderbird that the Gods sent to protect humans from evil. When this huge,
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A shape-shifting mythical water bird, Boobrie, is a huge, black creature flying through the water and haunting lakes and salt-water wells. In Scottish Highlands, there are many
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Odin is probably the most complex figure of all the Norse Gods. In the Norse pantheon, Odin is considered ‘Allfather’ and ruler of Asgard,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In some myths of the Algonquian tribes of North America, there is a mythical creature or spirit – Wendigo - that takes different forms.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Slavic folklore, this nature spirit is known as' Koshchey the Deathless' or 'Koshchey, the Immortal.' Still, it has many other very similar names
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Celtic Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most famous creatures of Celtic folklore is the Pooka (or puca). Pooka is a November spirit and it is worth mentioning
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