REF:
https://www.weasyl.com/submission/115239/zusko-ref

Pic is a collab between me and Amfoo.

Basic info--

• Mythological semi-deity/spirit
  
• Genderless ("it") with male origin
  
• Not a fursona, just a character
  
• Flexible form, including more humanoid/mixed forms

More info:

Zusko began "life" as someone who may have been named Sen. He was a boy from a local village who got called on by the gods to be their servant, but in order to be a servant for the gods, one have to give up one's current life completely. One no longer consciously remembers anything from mortal life, gives up one's mortal body, etc.

He agreed, ascended, and became Zusko; in the mythology, one's form upon ascension is determined depending on personality -- what would make an individual feel the least constrained (some have a strong desire to fly or be able to breathe water or be really strong, for example, and others would just think those things would be pretty neat to have or otherwise couldn't care less). It (Zusko) is a shapeshifter, though, and everyone in the pantheon-esque group of sentiences Zusko is affiliated with can shapeshift a bit. Zusko itself is something of a fringe character and barely a part of the pantheon; it is common for young boys to dress up like it for fun. A shaman or other high-ranking individual would never bother doing so.

There's the big complex form (for the "godspace" and when people dream/trip about them), the spirit form (a much, much smaller form that's most commonly drawn and, as the mythology goes, was the form they took when walking on earth), and some miscellaneous or otherwise uncommon forms, such as the one that's halfway between the body they used to have and the "body" they have now. The last type is still considerably far from human -- there are still extra arms if there are extra arms; a huge, bulky god in its more human-appearing form would seem like a weird ape thing; and so on. Shamans and others participating in the festivals frequently dress in costumes with similar appearances to the in-between form(s). The culture the mythology belonged to often acted out plays about the mythological figures in a style like Greek plays. Some say the in-between form isn't a "real" part of the mythology at all, and its existence and representation was simply and purely for the plays. On the other hand, the more abstract and beastly images may be exaggerations of the people dressing like the characters. All in all, exactly how these figures appeared in the civilization's mind is not known -- subjectivity may have even been encouraged, especially with psychoactive-induced images.