humans that can shapeshift at will
The most common form of shapeshifting myths is that of therianthropy, which is the transformation of a human being into an animal or conversely, of an animal into human form.Legends allow for transformations into plants and objects, and the assumption of another human countenance (e.g. fair to ugly).eyond this, the uses of shapeshifting, transformation, and metamorphosis in fiction are as protean as the forms the characters take on. Some are rare, such as Italo Calvino 's . The Canary Prince  is a Rapunzel variant in which shapeshifting is used to gain access to the tower.