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  2. Shapeshifting - Wikipedia

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    1722 German woodcut of a werewolf transforming. Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and ...

  3. List of shapeshifters - Wikipedia

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    Bak (Assamese aqueous creature); Bakeneko and Nekomata (cat); Boto Encantado (river dolphin); Itachi (weasel or marten); Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo (spider); Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox)

  4. Paraphrase - Wikipedia

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    More often than not, a paraphrased text can convey its meaning better than the original words. In other words, it is a copy of the text in meaning, but which is different from the original. For example, when someone tells a story they heard, in their own words, they paraphrase, with the meaning being the same. [1]

  5. Obake - Wikipedia

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    Due to the influence of a large number of Hawaiians with Japanese ancestry, on the islands of Hawaii the term obake has found its way into the dialect of the local people. . Some Japanese stories concerning these creatures have found their way into local culture in Hawaii: numerous sightings of kappa have been reported on the islands, and the Japanese faceless ghosts called noppera-bō have ...

  6. Mecha - Wikipedia

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    A transforming mech can transform between a standard vehicle (such as a fighter plane or transport truck) and a fighting mecha robot. This concept of transforming mecha was pioneered by Japanese mecha designer Shōji Kawamori in the early 1980s, when he created the Diaclone toy line in 1980 and then the Macross anime franchise in 1982.

  7. Magic word - Wikipedia

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    Classic magic words. Magic words are phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians.Frequently such words are presented as being part of a divine, adamic, or other secret or empowered language.

  8. Data transformation (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In other words, with a domain-specific transformational language, the transformation language is not tied to the underlying engine. [ 17 ] Although transformational languages are typically best suited for transformation, something as simple as regular expressions can be used to achieve useful transformation.

  9. Transformation - Wikipedia

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    Transformation, by Carol Berg; Transformation, an alternate title for The Marble Faun, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Transformation" (The Amazing World of Gumball), an episode of the British-American animated television series The Amazing World of Gumball