Ukupanipo

In Hawaiian mythology, Ukupanipo is a shark god who controls the amount of fish close enough for the fisherman to catch.^[1]^[2]^[3] He occasionally adopts a human child who gains the power to transform into a shark, but when in human form has a mark like a shark's mouth under their shoulder blades.^[2]

Notes

^ Sherman, Josepha, ed. (2015). Storytelling : an encyclopedia of mythology and folklore. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-315-70061-8. OCLC 908061373.
^ ^a ^b Selbie, John A.; Gray, Louis H. (1921). "Hawaii". In Hastings, James (ed.). Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics. Vol. 6 (12th ed.). Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark. p. 532.
^ Hall, Danielle (2016-07-29). "Sharks and Humans: A Love-Hate Story". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-09.

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[1] Sherman, Josepha, ed. (2015). Storytelling : an encyclopedia of mythology and folklore. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-315-70061-8. OCLC 908061373.

[selbie-2] Selbie, John A.; Gray, Louis H. (1921). "Hawaii". In Hastings, James (ed.). Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics. Vol. 6 (12th ed.). Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark. p. 532.

[3] Hall, Danielle (2016-07-29). "Sharks and Humans: A Love-Hate Story". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-09.

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