Universal brain, I need your help!

[azhure]

Two things:

1 - Alternative names for shapeshifters/weres?*

2 - Best shapeshifter novels.

Go!

* General names for all "classes", not specific names of shapeshifter types. I am exploring something. [cross-posted from my website]

Comments

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Oh! I have non-fiction book references; just not fictional ones - which I assumed was what Steph was looking for.

Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages
- Claude Lecouteux

Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Skinwalkers (For the Millions Series)
- Marika Kriss (out of print, but wicked)

Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia - Carol Rose


The Folk Lore Of The Isle Of Man: Being An Account Of Its Myths, Legends, Superstitions, Customs And Proverbs
- A. W. Moore (particularly good for information on the Each Uisge, a wight I'm fascinated with).

This is just the tip of the iceberg; there's heaps of awesome non-fiction shape-shifter references out there. :D

And then of course you've got things like 'The Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were,' and what have you. :)

[weishaupt.livejournal.com]

I rather like the Each Uisge too. The Claude Lecouteux and the Manx folklore look interesting. I've probably got some obscure ones I've forgotten in encyclopedae-ish books too...

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

When I move and can get most of my occult books out (I don't have as many as I'd like) I'm going to compile a reading list or something, I think.

And you probably do have some obscure ones! Almost all cultures had their own version of a shapeshifter.

[weishaupt.livejournal.com]

I know there's obscure blood-drinking, astral-travelling shapeshifting creatures from south-east asia I've got in some books on vampire lore...

[weishaupt.livejournal.com]

When I move and can get most of my occult books out (I don't have as many as I'd like) I'm going to compile a reading list or something, I think.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours ;)