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Marrgaliny -Hammerhead
This depicts Gardamon creation story and how the Hammerhead became a shark and got his head shape. So, the hammerhead was a man and his name was Marrgaliny. As he was walking along the beach toward Gardamon, he came across Loolool and he saw he was by himself. He asked Loolool if he could stay there because it was beautiful and looked like a nice place to live. So they became friends and went hunting together. One day they had an argument, Loolool caught a turtle but didn’t tell Marrgaliny he had fresh water pools with female turtles and male turtles. When Marrgaliny got a taste of the female turtle he thought it tasted good and asked Loolool to get him another one. Loolool then gave him a male turtle which was tough and hard not very tasty, so they started arguing and they had a fight. They got out their weapons and Loolool had a shield in his hand and threw the shield and it got stuck in Marrgaliny’s forehead. With the marrgar stuck in his head and the boomerang in his side Marrgaliny became dizzy, he stumbled and he fell into the ocean. He sank into the water and as Lool Lool washed his face of blood he saw the hammerhead shark swimming away. Lool Lool was exhausted and had a boomerang stuck in his side. So he jumped into the ocean where the boomerang turned into a dorsal fin and he turned into a beautiful shark that swam in the water near his old home. Lool Lool would help people if they were ever drowning or had fallen from their boats.
Loolool and Marrgaliny is a very important creation story for Gardamon. The Pearl shell has been carved using traditional techniques but in a contemporary way to tell this story.
