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Are there any shark gods?

01:59 / 21.05.04

This may sound silly, but are there any mythological shark gods, or cultures that worship sharks? They're one of the few creatures I love that I'm unable to find a corresponding god for. I mean, most are easy. Cats? Bast. Crows? Macha. But what if you love the Great White or the Hammerhead shark? Or sharks in general? What then, ah, what then?

Shanghai Quasar

02:05 / 21.05.04

Dakuwaqa the Shark God, popular in Fijian island legends. Kauhuhu, the Shark God of Molokai (a Hawaiian Island).

Check other Pacific Island traditions for other shark and shark-related gods.

Z. deScathach

02:36 / 21.05.04

If there's not, then there damn well should be........

RaiynCloud9

03:08 / 21.05.04

There's only one True shark god. I willing to jihad on that.

~ Sharky Barnwell

Seth

08:25 / 21.05.04

Mr Gerbick

trouser the trouserian

09:39 / 21.05.04

Link to Hawaiian shark deities and a story about the Hawaiian King of Sharks and link to various other shark deities

Chiropteran

12:28 / 21.05.04

Taking a slightly different approach, Lovecraft's Dagon (if not his historical namesake) is also associated with sharks (and squid). He's a little creepy to work with (!), but what else would one expect?

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

04:48 / 23.05.04

Dagon is more associated with frogs, seeing as how the Deep Ones are rather batratchian, and Dagon is their god. Cthulhu is more associated with anything with tentacles.

Gypsy Lantern

18:59 / 23.05.04

Stating the obvious, but have you thought of just working with "Shark", in a shamanic power animal sense. Y'know like "Wolf", "Monkey", "TV Set", "Motor Car" or "Curry House". Shamanic Shark consciousness as an entity. The primal Shark that all sharks are made from. Decorate altar with images from Jaws, offer red meat, listen to shamanic drumming tape spliced with loud water splashing noises and the theme from Jaws. Try not to get eaten. Make sure you don't need a bigger boat.

Shanghai Quasar

20:10 / 23.05.04

What if that just insults the Shark Spirit? I can just imagine: "Oh, quite, Jaws. I'm being compared to that pathetic pile of rubber and plastic? I will devour you now!"

I'd append a suggestion that you're going to have to be roundabouts the Florida south coast, Key Islands, the Caribbean or any given Pacific Island for the best work. Some warm coastal area, preferably near a locale that has warning buoys with "Warning: SHARKS" in big red letters.

Gypsy Lantern

20:42 / 23.05.04

Magician goes into trance,
Trance goes into shamanic lower world,
Shark in the shamanic lower world,
Our shark.

macrophage

22:20 / 23.05.04

If I wanted to invoke a shark god I would collect lotsa back issues of "Action" comic, try to do a collage out of the "Hammerhead" story to make a relevant pantacle, listen to lotsa aquatic sound effects that were mixed in with brainwave frequencies, and eat lotsa fish beforehand whilst vibrating some sort of shark mantras. Ah sheet - Cargo Cult Gnosis!!!!!

00:52 / 24.05.04

If there were a shark god, that git who stood on the floating whale carcass holding his baby son and trying to pet the frenzying great whites last year would have been summarily removed from the gene pool.

Er. Try this. Not deities, per se, but interesting.

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