Therianthropy
（重定向自Therianthrope）
![Valkyries, having shed their swan skins, appear as swan maidens](/Images/godic/202502/16/Valkyries_with_swan_skins1124.jpg")
![A frog changes into a princess in the painting Tsarevna Frog (](/Images/godic/202502/16/Vasnetsov_Frog_Princess1124.jpg")
![In the Irish Mythological Cycle, the Children of Lir could transform into swans](/Images/godic/202502/16/Ler_swans_Millar1124.jpg")
![A water spirit takes on a human form in The Kelpie, a painting by Herbert James Draper](/Images/godic/202502/16/Thekelpie_large1124.jpg")
Therianthropy is the mythological ability of human beings to metamorphose into other animals by means of shapeshifting. It is possible that cave drawings found at Les Trois Frères, in France, depict ancient beliefs in the concept. The most well known form of therianthropy is found in stories concerning werewolves.