werecats
Cat-shifting cursed humans
Werecats are mythical creatures that shift between human and feline form, the cat equivalent of werewolves.
The concept appears across folklore and fantasy fiction, with were-panthers, were-tigers, and were-lions among the variants.
The village feared the werecat that prowled during full moons.
Like all "were-" creatures, the prefix derives from an Old English word for "man."
Being altering its form
- felineOf or like cats
- skinwalkerNavajo witch who transforms
- lycanthropyMythical wolf-becoming affliction
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
sorcery · superstition · curse · totem · animism · trickster · enchantment · paganism
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
chilling · bloodcurdling · monstrous · gruesome · fangs · claws · stalking · pounce
Magically change physical form
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- morphingSeamless visual transformation process
- transmogrificationFantastical change in form
- transfigurationExalted change in appearance
mutation · transmute · shift · change · trigger · reversion · painful · bones
shapeshifter
Being altering its form
- felineOf or like cats
- skinwalkerNavajo witch who transforms
- lycanthropyMythical wolf-becoming affliction
witchcraft · sorcery · superstition · curse · totem · animism · trickster · enchantment · paganism · taboo
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- eerieDisturbingly strange
haunting · chilling · bloodcurdling · monstrous · gruesome · fangs · claws · stalking · pounce · prey
shapeshift
Magically change physical form
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- morphingSeamless visual transformation process
- transmogrificationFantastical change in form
transfiguration · mutation · transmute · shift · change · trigger · reversion · painful · bones · fur
chimera
Unrealistic fantasy or hybrid
- shapeshiftersshapeshifter, shape-shifting, lycanthrope, skinwalker, doppelganger
werecatswerewolves
Humans who become wolves
lycanthropes · wereboars · werebears · wererats · selkies