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Stories of shapeshifting within Greek context are old, having been part of the mythological corpus as far back as the Iliad of Homer. Usually those legends include mortals being changed as punishment from a god, or as a reward for their good deeds. In other tales, gods take different forms in order to test or deceive some mortal.
1722 German woodcut of a werewolf transforming. Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and ...
Bak (Assamese aqueous creature); Bakeneko and Nekomata (cat); Boto Encantado (river dolphin); Itachi (weasel or marten); Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo (spider); Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox)
[1] [2] Examples of distylous plants are the primrose and many other Primula species, [1] [2] buckwheat, flax and other Linum species, some Lythrum species, [3] and many species of Cryptantha. [4] Heterostylous plants having three flower morphs are termed "tristylous". Each morph has two types of stamens.
Chuck the Plant: A plant found in several of LucasArts' games. Elowan: A race of plant-like creatures in Starflight computer game. [37] Fire Flower: A flower from the Mario series that transforms Mario into Fire Mario. Flowah: A sunflower-like monster from My Singing Monsters. Flowey: A sentient flower who is one of the main antagonists of ...
Sihuanaba – a shapeshifting spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind, before revealing her face to be that of a horse Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)
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An example of a botanical genetic polymorphism is heterostyly, in which flowers occur in different forms with different arrangements of the pistils and the stamens. The system is called heteromorphic self-incompatibility , and the general 'strategy' of stamens separated from pistils is known as herkogamy .