family or personal god, deified ancestor

ancestral guardian spirit (H)

family or personal gods, deified ancestors who might assume the shape of, for example, a shark, owl, dog, hawk, plant, or cloud.

a family spirit guardian, an owl, a turtle, or a shark, and when a stone is found with animal characteristics, it is believed by Hawaiians to have special powers

family spirit god belonging to and protecting families or specific kinship group and passed down through the generations; ancestral protective gods

family god or guardian spirit, often in the form of an animal such as a shark.