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Born in Hawaii, Nanaue is a humanoid shark.His father is "The King of All Sharks"—also known as the Shark God. [3] Originally there were some doubts surrounding his origins, as other characters, such as special agent Sam Makoa, dismissed his origins as superstition and referred to him as a "savage mutation" and it was also implied that he was one of the "Wild Men", evolved animals based on ...
King Shark Nanaue [a] Superboy (vol. 3) #0 (October 1994) Born in Hawaii, Nanaue is a humanoid shark, his father is "The King of all Sharks" – also known as the Shark God. Other characters, such as Special Agent Sam Makoa, have dismissed this as superstition and referred to Nanaue as a "savage mutation" with no mystical nature.
He bit many of the other men, and the King deduced that Nanaue was responsible for the disappearances of humans into the Kaneana cave. The King had Nanaue tied to a stake to be burned alive, but Nanaue prayed to his father and escaped, shapeshifting into a shark to swim away. [1] [3] Nanaue swam from the island of Hawaii to Maui.
In one creation myth, the god was planning inland to conquer Kadavu Island [5] through the river when a goddess [6] challenged him in the form of an octopus. [7] After a great battle, the octopus won by pulling out his teeth with her eight arms which enabled her to hold off the massive attack of Dakuwaqa, forcing Dakuwaqa to promise to never attack Kadavu again.
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Nanaue (voiced by Sylvester Stallone), [99] more commonly known as King Shark, is a demigod shark-human hybrid. Rumored to be the offspring of a shark god, Nanaue is a kind-hearted but childish individual who is misunderstood due to his appearance, monosyllabic speech, ravenous appetite, and taste for human flesh.
The Shark God may refer to: The Shark God, American title of the 2004 book The Last Heathen by Charles Montgomery; The Shark God, directed by John Griffith Wray; The Shark God, British title of the 1949 American film Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God; Kāmohoaliʻi, a shark god in Hawaiian religion; Ukupanipo, a shark god in Hawaiian religion; Dakuwaqa ...
In Hawaiian religion, Kamohoaliʻi is a shark god and a brother of Kāne Milohaʻi, Pele, Kapo, Nāmaka, and Hiʻiaka.He is also the father of Nanaue.. Kamohoaliʻi swam in the area around the islands of Maui and Kahoolawe.