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If combined with [[Petting Zoo People]] and/or [[Shapeshifting]], the motif can become far more literal, as with [[Spider People]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Shogen Kazamachi from ''[[Basilisk]]'' has spider powers and looks really like one, having a gargantuan, round hunchback and long, thin limbs.
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* Widow from [[Savage Dragon]] is a formerly-homeless metahuman who has spider-based powers and appearance including pale skin and a web-designed costume.
 
== [[Oral Tradition|Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends]] ==
== Mythology ==
* Anansi the Spider is probably the [[Ur Example]].
 
== [[Tabletop RPGGames]] ==
* The Weaver from ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' is a [[Powers That Be]] variant.
* Drow from ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' tend towards this kind of thing, although [[Darkskinned Blonde|dark-skinned and white-haired]]. The 3.5 sourcebook for the drow points out that their obsessive reverence for a creature that they can't hope to truly emulate has driven the society as a whole a bit crazy.