List of creatures that pretend to be human

  • Changeling - European - Troll, faerie and elf children who were switched at birth for various reasons.
  • The Devil - various - Believed to take on human forms in order to tempt people
  • Doppelgänger - German - A ghostly double of a living person
  • Ghoul - Arabic - Harmful jinn who like human flesh. They can make all but their feet look human to lure the unwary.
  • Kitsune - Japanese - Foxes who can take the form of beautiful maidens. A kitsune was said to be the mother of the legendary onmyoji Abe no Seimei.
  • Noppera-bō - Japanese - Sometimes also called a mujina, At first appearing completely human, when approached they are able to wipe their face completely off, as though cleaning a chalkboard, leaving behind a featureless orb similar to an egg. Was first introduced to the west by writer Lafcadio Hearn in his 1903 novel Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.
  • Selkie - Scottish - Seals who can shed their skins to become beautiful maidens
  • Tanuki - Japanese - Raccoon dogs who can take the form of people, though it is not always a perfect transformation.

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