American Indians: limikkin or skin walkers.
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Argentina: lobisón
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Brazil: lobisomem. , also boto, a dolphin that transforms into a boy, and a uirapuru, a little brown bird that transforms into a boy.
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Bulgaria: vrkolak
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Canada: wendigo or witiko
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Chili: chonchon, a witch that transforms into a vulture.
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Ethiopia, Morocco and Tanzania: boudas, a werehyena
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France: loup-garou, bisclavret
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Greece: vrykolaka, a word for werewolf which is used for vampires and sorcerers also.
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Haiti: loup-garou that can change into anything, both plant and animal.
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Iceland: hamrammr, a shifter who changes into what it has last eaten, and gains power by eating more.
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India: rakshasa, a shifter who can change into any animal it wants.
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Indonesia: layak, a spirit that shift into anything
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Italy: lupo manero or benandanti for people who permanently become wolves and fight witches in the underworld.
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Japan: kitsune, a werefox, also the tanuki or minjina, a wereraccoon, dog or badger. In general shapeshifters are called henge.
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Kenya: ilimu
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Latvia: vilkacis
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Lithuania: vilkatas
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Mexico: nahaul, a were wolf, cat, eagle or bull.
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Normandy, France: lubins or lupins
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Norway and Sweden: eigi einhamir
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Philippines: aswang, a vampire werewolf.
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Portugal: bruxsa or cucubuth , a vampire / werewolf, the lobh omen and lobis-homems
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Russia: wawkalak or bodark.
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Scandinavia: varulv, ulv, ulfen
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Serbia: vukodlak
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Slovakia: vulkodlak
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South America: kanima, a jaguar-shaped
spirit
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Spain: hombre lobo, lupino
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United States: many, an oddity being the wererat who is said to be common around the Pennsylvania area.
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