Ukupanipo

In Hawaiian mythology, Ukupanipo is a shark god who controls the amount of fish close enough for the fisherman to catch. He occasionally adopted a human child who gains the power to transform into a shark.[1]

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  1. Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics by John A. Selbie
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