Note 4 — Chapter VI · Bird and Serpent Myths

Gods half human and half reptile, or half human and half fish, are found in various countries. In the British Museum are bronze reliefs of the King of Benin (as the representative of his chief deity) half shark and half man. The kings of Dahomey were depicted as sharks with bodies covered with scales; their statues are in the Trocadero, Paris.4