NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan

[Luciano Di Cocco]

> > shape-shifter?
> 
> Yes. Also called "metamorph" on one Star Trek episode.

In an American context, I would also like skin-walker, a term from Native
American culture. It is specifically a term for therianthropy (metamorphosis
of humans into other animals), while shape-shifter and metamorph are more
generic. But from an Italian point of view both shape-shifter (mutaforma)
and metamorph (metamorfo) sound a bit too science fiction for the context.

Luciano Di Cocco

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