Do North American foxes shapeshift?

Are there Native American legends about that?

Update:

Eye of Mars: Mythologically speaking, not for real obviously

Comments

  • No, Foxes only shape shift in eastern Asian and Exlewberianian mythology

  • Have done several searches including some of my old anthropology books. While there are a few incidents where a spirit or deity can take fox form and even speak in that form, I haven't found any mention of humans shapeshifting into foxes or the other way around. Some links to follow in sources. Oh and the primary reference to foxes in non-american indian folklore is brer fox from the uncle remus stories. While he was certainly anthropomorphic (a fox with a human outlook) he was still just a fox.

  • What kind of question is that?

    No, North American foxes don't shapeshift. Neither do foxes from any other part of the world. Neither do any animal ever anywhere.

  • I don't think so. Only foxes in east Asian folklore shapeshift.

  • actually eye of mars, one can argue that a caterpillar shapesifts into a butterfly, scientifically speaking of course though the caterpillar is merely the juvenile state of its adult state- the butterfly and it does not shapeshift, it goes through a process called metamorphosis.

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