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Transformation and Identity
How Short Fiction develops Transformation and Identity.
Characters undergo physical or spiritual changes, such as the seal transforming into a draug, the huldrefish blurring boundaries between animal and human, and the cormorant girl's ambiguous nature, questioning what it means to be human.
Where it surfaces
- The Huldrefish
Nona's consumption of the huldrefish triggers a transformative dream that blurs the boundary between reality and the supernatural.
- Finn-Blood
Eilert's internal conflict over Finn blood and his own identity, culminating in his rescue and entry into a supernatural world.
- The Homestead Westward in the Blue Mountains
The maidens shift between playful, seductive, and threatening behaviors, and the swain's identity as a drummer is challenged by the supernatural encounter.