Various characters and creatures in fiction, folklore and legend have the ability to shapeshift.
Human turning into an animal
Berserker Erchitu Ijiraq Loogaroo Nagual Māui Nanaue - the shark-man of Hawaiian legendAranda, Lucía. "The Representation of Animals in Indigenous Hawai'ian Tales." EF@ Bulations 3 (2008): 1-9. Nereus Púca Skin-walker Wendigo Werecat Weredog Werehyena Werejaguar Weretiger Werewolf
Animal turning into a human Bak (Assamese aqueous creature) Bakeneko and Nekomata (cat) Boto Encantado (river dolphin) Mąʼii (Coyote) Itachi (weasel or marten) Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo (spider) Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox) Kawauso (river otter) Kushtaka (otter) Lady White Snake, Ichchhadhari Nag and Yuxa (snake) Pipa Jing (jade pipa) Selkie (seal) Tanuki (racoon dog) Mujina (badger) Toyotama-hime (crocodile or shark) Tsuru Nyōbō (crane) Kaeru Nyōbō (frog) Hamaguri Nyōbō (clam) Tako Nyōbō (octopus)
Other Ala Aswang Baba Yaga Banshee Chananic Changeling Demon Doppelgänger Empousa Hellhounds in Latin American folklore like Huay Chivo and Nahual. Jinn Kelpie Lamia Moura Encantada Monkey King (from Journey to the West) Manananggal Mangkukulam Māui Nixie Rakshasa Rusalka Saci Spring-heeled Jack Tengu Tiyanak Verechelen Yaksha Yokai Yaoguai Yogoe
In fiction Aku Amethyst Beast Boy Ben Tennyson Bill Cipher Cosmo and Wanda (fairy) Clayface Ditto Jake the Dog Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Double Trouble (She-Ra) It Jenny Wakeman Madame Rouge Mahito Martian Manhunter Mimic Mystique Nimona SpongeBob The Thing Werebat: Human with the ability to change into a bat-like form, appears in modern fiction. Werecoyote: Human with the ability to change into a coyote form comparable to a werewolf,Robertson, Venetia Laura Delano. "The beast within: Anthrozoomorphic identity and alternative spirituality in the online therianthropy movement." Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 16.3 (2013): 7-30. appears in modern fiction.Andrianova, Anastassiya. "Teen Drama with a Bite: Human Animality in Teen Wolf." Young 3.1 (2016).Evans, Tania, and Madeline Pettet. "The Magical Is Political: Deconstructing the Gendered Supernatural in Teen Wolf." Fantastika 2.1 (2018): 68-80. It has been associated with America.
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