'''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter''' is a series of '''horror fiction'''/'''dark fantasy''' novels created by author [[Laurell K. Hamilton]] and
...s in a fictional St. Louis, Missouri. Fictional because [[vampire]]s and [[Therianthropy|shapeshifters]] are real and everybody knows about them, as they are consid
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''Ghoul'' is also the name for a desert-dwelling, [[Therianthropy|shapeshifting]] [[demon]] that can assume the guise of an animal, especiall
==Ghouls in fiction==
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'''Therianthropy''' is a generic term for any transformation of a human into another animal
In [[folklore]], mythology and [[anthropology]], therianthropy can be used to describe a character that shares some traits of humans and s
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..., long life, and magical powers. Foremost among these is the ability to [[Therianthropy|shapeshifting]] into human form; a fox is said to learn to do this when it
...atural powers commonly attributed to the kitsune include, in addition to [[Therianthropy|shapeshifting]], the ability to generate fire from their tails or to breath
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'''Science fiction''' is a genre of fiction in which at least part of the narrative depends on the impact of science, e
...<ref>''Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues'' in ''The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism'', Advent: Publishers, 1959. (This
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...e killed if shot by a silver bullet, although this is more a reflection of fiction's influence than an authentic feature of the folk [[legend]]s. Werewolves a
...s of people into animals in general, rather than wolves specifically, is [[therianthropy]] (therianthrope means ''beast-man''). The term ''turnskin'' or ''turncoat'
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...aditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.
...onnected with werewolves rather than vampires. The person afflicted with [[Therianthropy|lycanthropy]] could turn into a dog, pig, or wolf.
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