List of creatures that pretend to be human

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This is a list of fictional creatures that pretend to be human.

Creature	Origin	Description
Changeling	European	Troll, faerie and elf children who were switched at birth for various reasons.
The Devil	various	Believed to take on human forms in order to tempt people
Doppelgänger	German	A ghostly double of a living person
Ghoul	Arabic	Harmful jinn who like human flesh. They can make all but their feet look human to lure the unwary.
Kitsune	Japanese	Foxes who can take the form of beautiful maidens. A kitsune was said to be the mother of the legendary onmyoji Abe no Seimei.
Noppera-bō	Japanese	Sometimes also called a mujina, At first appearing completely human, when approached they are able to wipe their face completely off, as though cleaning a chalkboard, leaving behind a featureless orb similar to an egg. Was first introduced to the west by writer Lafcadio Hearn in his 1903 novel Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.
Selkie	Scottish	Seals who can shed their skins to become beautiful maidens
Tanuki	Japanese	Raccoon dogs who can take the form of people, though it is not always a perfect transformation.