Shark God

Fijian · deity · mythic · deity

Pre-eminent Fijian animal-deity (shark). Classed as deity. Object-attestation is iconographic rather than personal gear, so materialCulture is empty.

Domains

sharks
sea protection

Powers

guards canoes and fishermen through the reef passages
takes the shape of a great shark
changes shape between man and great shark

Epithets

Dakuwaqa

Sources

Thomson, Basil. The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom (1908)
Reed, A.W. & Hames, Inez. Myths and Legends of Fiji and Rotuma (1967)

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