shapeshifting

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Within tribal societies there exist what some anthropologists call mannenbunden: totemic societies devoted to an identity with "Nature" in the act of shapeshifting, of becoming the totem-animal (werewolves, jaguar shamans, leopard men, cat-witches, etc.).

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  • But the most interesting thing about Odo to me is not the shapeshifting, but his perspective on humanity. —  Omni: February-March 1993
  • Tupilaits and shapeshifting--what could I do with those? —  ChallengingDestiny22:April2006
  • The rat wasn't a mutant or a shapeshifting alien—it was just a rat. —  FSF,December2005
  • It's based around a shapeshifting, heart-like object that reacts to the emotions expressed by the authors of private weblogs on blogger. com. —  Cool Hunting
  • Zach2992 is curious about shapeshifting, illusion and appearance alteration: —  Comic Book Resources
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