U havajskoj mitologiji, Ukupanipo je muški bog u liku morskog psa.[1]
Stari Havajci su vjerovali da ovaj bog kontrolira količinu ribe koju ribari love.[2] Također, vjerovali su da Ukupanipo katkad posvaja muško ljudsko dijete kojem daje moć da se pretvori u morskog psa.[3]
Izvori
- ↑ John A. Selbie. Encyclopædia of Religion.
- ↑ Ukupanipo by Micha F. Lindemans. "The Hawaiian shark god who controls the fish by driving them to or from the shores and thus supplying or depriving the people of their food."
- ↑ Ukupanipo. "A shark-god in Hawaii. This being, who controls the fish population, is said to adopt a young child and endow it with the power to change into a shark."