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Aumakua. In Hawaiian mythology, an ʻaumakua ( ⫽ ʔaʊmɑːˈkuə ⫽; often spelled aumakua, plural, 'aumākua) is a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as spirit vehicles. An 'aumakua may manifest as a shark, owl, bird, octopus, or inanimate objects such as plants or rocks. [1]
A dog-spirit created, worshipped, and employed by a family via sorcerous animal cruelty. Inugami Gyōbu The name of a bake-danuki from Matsuyama in Iyo Province. Isonade A giant shark-like sea monster with a barb-covered tail, sighted off the coast of Western Japan. Issie A lake creature similar to the Loch Ness Monster, found in Lake Ikeda on ...
Sailors' superstitions. Sailors' superstitions are superstitions particular to sailors or mariners, and which traditionally have been common around the world. Some of these beliefs are popular superstitions, while others are better described as traditions, stories, folklore, tropes, myths, or legends . The origins of many of these superstitions ...
Hákarl (an abbreviation of kæstur hákarl [ˈcʰaistʏr ˈhauːˌkʰa (r)tl̥] ), referred to as fermented shark in English, is a national dish of Iceland consisting of Greenland shark or other sleeper shark that has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. [1] It has a strong ammonia -rich ...
Ancestor spirit guides are superior to the living and may include deceased parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles or aunts. It is believed that because they have crossed over to the other side of life, the spirit guides act as mediators between the living and the Almighty God. This way of life is regarded as ancestor reverence ...
We asked experts if the fish is a shark, and how it might’ve gotten there
To find out what some of those spiritual messages are, keep reading! You’re about to be swooped away into a world of feathering insights as Pickett breaks down a few of the things these giant ...
For other uses of both spellings, see Tiger shark (disambiguation). The tiger shark ( Galeocerdo cuvier) [3] is a species of ground shark, and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo and family Galeocerdonidae. It is a large macropredator, with females capable of attaining a length of over 5 m (16 ft 5 in). [4]