Hengeyokai

Quick meaning: Hengeyokai is a noun meaning (folklore) A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.

Meaning

(folklore) A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.

Example Sentences

Hengeyokai transfer between forms almost instantly, though when in human form, they often retain some mark of characteristic of their true animal nature.

1985, David Cook, Oriental Adventures, TSR Inc., →ISBN Hengeyokai are intelligent, shape-changing animals. Several subraces exist, each a different type of animal. They are found throughout the Oriental world, usually on the fringes of human-settled lands.

1998-01-28, Lee Gold, Re: B5 Filk: You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Us Sinclair, rec.music.filk If a hengeyokai fails to concentrate (or perhaps gets distracted -- due to being beaten, seeing a mouse, fatigue), the human form's ears may get pointed or a tail may appear.

2013-10-12, Jasin Zujovic, Hengeyokai level adjustment, rec.games.frp.dnd I've been watching Inuyasha yesterday (too bad that's a German dub and I can understand almost nothing) and that got me wanting to make myself a hengeyokai character... and then I remembered the level adjustment.

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