Caught by the Wereshark by Clara Karll

At that time, he announced that he had to go on a long journey, and that he would never see his beloved wife again. Shortly after the two were wed, it was discovered that Kalei was pregnant with Kamohoalii's son. All the while, the truth was never revealed about Kamohoalii's divine nature.

Later appearing to her in the form of a divinely handsome man, he wooed her, won her heart, and eventually won her hand in marriage. Kamohoalii first spotted Kalei while he was in shark form, as the girl swam in the ocean. In particular, accounts of its existence are first recorded in stories from Coastal West Africa, Java (part of Indonesia, in Southeast Asia), Fiji (part of Melanesia in Oceania) and Tonga (Oceania), as well as Hawaii (United States).Īmong these, Hawaii has a specific mythos in which some 'shark people' were servants of the shark god Kauhuhu, while another wereshark was the son of another divine shark patriarch, Kamohoalii, and a mortal woman, Kalei. The Wereshark is one of a race of creatures with origins in the mythology, legend and folklore of numerous different lands.