Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting is the act of being able to change into another being or form.[1][2] The idea of shapeshifting has been around since the Middle Ages. It has been used in literature and epic poems, including works such as Peleus and Thetis[3] and the Iliad. The trend of shapeshifting is still being done today. It is a theme in children's literature, and works of popular culture.
Shapeshifting Media
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Vertumnus, in the form of an old woman, wooing Pomona, by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout.
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Kelpie by Herbert James Draper: transformed into a human
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The Children of Lir, transformed into swans in Irish tales
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"The giant Galligantua and the wicked old magician transform the duke's daughter into a white hind." by Arthur Rackham
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Loge feigns fear as Alberich turns into a giant snake. Wotan stands in the background; illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold
Louhi, Mistress of the North, attacking Väinämöinen in the form of a giant eagle with her troops on her back as she tries to steal Sampo; in the Finnish epic poetry Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. (The Defense of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1896)
References
- ↑ Treatise on Invisible Beings
- ↑ Creatures of the Night
- ↑ "Peleus and Thetis". Archived from the original on 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
Other websites
- The Evolution of the Vampire in Fiction and Popular Culture Archived 2015-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Real Shapeshifters Website Archived 2019-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Dedicated to the study of shapeshifting phenomena (realshapeshifters.com)
- Shapeshifters in Love Archived 2007-05-12 at Archive.today – A series of articles about shapeshifting characters in romance and speculative fiction.
