Well, I don't really think she wants to be worshipped. Who said she would ?
I think I meade it clear in the story that the people do so - regardless whether she wants it or not.
I think this is rather a form of Symbiosis : She "lives" there, in that town at the coast, and protects the people as far as she is able to. The people thank her for that, by worshipping, I think, but she doesn't really care. It's nice to her, but she doesn't really cares about that.
