Metamorphosis in folklore

thumb|The Eucharist, which the Catholic Church teaches to be the Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist|real presence of [[Christ, exposed for adoration at Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada]] Transubstantiation (, ) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of the Blood of Christ". This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit. However, "the o

thumb|Apotheosis of Venice (1585) by Paolo Veronese, a ceiling in the [[Doge's Palace]] thumb|The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Raid on Chatham in the background

legendary wife of Roman king Numa and minor goddess

legend from Irish mythology

thumb|Illustration of Sadhbh by Arthur Rackham, 1910