Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting is the magical abilitie that one has to change his age, size, gender, species and so on.

Divine Shapeshifting
Gods and Titans are beings of pure, radiant energy in their true form, but since that it's too dangerous to simply glare at them in this form (or being in their presence if it is a titan), both beings are capable to assume physical form in order to safely interact with "lesser beings". For the most, their appearance is that know on myths "adapted" to the current world potency's culture (Zeus, for exemple, is described as an "angry-looking hippie" wearing a texugo), but they can change their form into anything that they whant to be, with Athena and Hypnos having turned into birds in the past, Poseidon and Demeter having a horse as a child due to having reproduced in form of a horse and a mare respectively. Of all the gods, however, Zeus is notorious to use shapeshifting to disguise himself from Hera during his affairs with other womens, having turned himself into an eagle, a swan, a bull, and even as a woman and rain of gold.

Not all shapeshifting by imortals are for pleasure. Rather, its a way that nymphs, for exemple, have used to protect themselves from gods' affection, with Dafne and Siringe, for exemple, haing turned themselves into plants tyo avoid Apollo and Pan respectively.

Mortal Shapeshifting
Normal humans has no natural power to change form, but some mortals may inherit this power though divine ancestry, also know as Legacy. the Zhang family, for exemple, are all descentends of Periclymenus, mortal grandchild of Poseidon, and they all inherited his ability to turn into animals. Exemples include Frank Zhang, how is capable to turn into both normal while mythological animals, and his grandmother how was apparently forced to flee for her life in form of small bird. Frank's mother was a Canadian soldier how attempt to use her sapesifting in Afeganistan to help the american troops: Unsuccessfully, since she was killed in action.

Other mortals that shapeshift without ihnerent power to do so are usually result divine punishment upon them. Indeed, some monsters like the gorgons and lycanthropes were originally normal human beings that somehow offended gods and were turned ito tis as a punishment. Circe is also notorious to turn men into animals, but some may protect themseves by using holly (or Hermes' Multivitamins ) against her magic. Not all forcefully shapeshifting is punitive, though. Rather this may be a way to gods protect their loved ones from the ire of other gods. This is evident on Zeus' case with Io, when he turned her into a heifer to hide her from Hera, and several centuries later with his daugther Thalia Grace, as she was gravely injuried in a fight against underworld monsters, Zeus turned her into a tree to avoid Hades from claim her soul. Due to Kronos manipulation, Thalia and the tree now exist as separeted entities.