What is Shapeshifting?
[[File:Vasnetsov Frog Princess.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The Frog Princess|Tsarevna Frog]]'' (or ''The Frog Princess''), by [[Viktor Vasnetsov]], tells of a frog which [[Metamorphosis|metamorphoses]] into a princess ]] '''Shapeshifting''' is the act of being able to change into another being or form.<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/si/show/treatise_on_invisible_beings/ Treatise on Invisible Beings]</ref><ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3406300247.html Creatures of the Night]</ref> 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''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://englishare.net/literature/POL-HS-Peleus-Thetis.htm |title=Peleus and Thetis |access-date=2014-12-16 |archive-date=2015-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116205148/http://www.englishare.net/literature/POL-HS-Peleus-Thetis.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the ''[[Iliad]]''. The trend of shapeshifting is still being done today. It is a theme in [[children's literature]], and works of [[pop culture|popular culture]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/citations/2010/11Sheperd_English.pdf The Evolution of the Vampire in Fiction and Popular Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501013524/http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/citations/2010/11sheperd_english.pdf |date=2015-05-01 }} *[http://realshapeshifters.com Real Shapeshifters Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013224350/http://realshapeshifters.com/ |date=2019-10-13 }} Dedicated to the study of shapeshifting phenomena (realshapeshifters.com) *[http://www.jeannelaws.com/articles.htm Shapeshifters in Love] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070512073436/http://www.jeannelaws.com/articles.htm |date=2007-05-12 }}&nbsp;– A series of articles about shapeshifting characters in romance and speculative fiction. {{Fantasy fiction}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shapeshifting}} {{stub}} [[Category:My