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In other variants, the pursued may transform various objects into obstacles, as in the fairy tale " The Master Maid ", where the Master Maid transforms a wooden comb into a forest, a lump of salt into a mountain, and a flask of water into a sea. Loki, the god of chaos and mischief, was particularly fond of shapeshifting and could take any shape that he wanted, even mothering a few monsters while he was in a female shape! Chinese mythology contains many tales of animal shapeshifters, capable of taking on human form.