transformation-requires-eating-victims-heart
behavioral
Creatures bearing this motif (2)
Peryton · salience 0.9
“Ancient tales speak of their ability to change their shadow only after consuming the heart of a human victim.”
Kumiho
“Its most notorious trait is the hunger for human livers or hearts, which in many stories it must consume, often one per night over a set number of nights (frequently a thousand), to complete its transformation into a full human being or to sustain its power.”