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