Shark God
Fijian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
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 The shark-god, guardian of reef-passages and protector of fishermen and seafarersFijian oral tradition; A. M. Hocart (secondary)
Sources
- Dakuwaqa is the Fijian shark-god, tutelary protector of the province of Cakaudrove and its paramount chief the Tui Cakau, guardian of fishermen and reef passages.: Thomson, Basil. The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom (1908) (secondary); Reed, A.W. & Hames, Inez. Myths and Legends of Fiji and Rotuma (1967) (secondary)