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A type of shapeshifter can change from its own mostly human form to that of another species mostly animals. Well-known examples are werewolves see also lycanthropy and vampires. In some folk myths there is also a change from an animal to a human form, for example the kitsune red fox in Japanese mythology, who can fall in love with people and then take the form of beautiful young women in order to marry these men . However, they disappear as soon as the man realizes that his wife is a kitsune.