It was told that when Nuiliajuk tried to climb back into the boat, her father cuts off her fingers. These fingers become seals in the sea. She tries again and he cuts off her hands, which become walruses. She makes one last attempt to climb aboard the boat but her father cuts off her forearms, which transform into whales.
The daughter can no longer stay afloat, and sinks to the bottom of the ocean, where she is transformed into a half-fish, half-woman goddess. She holds all of the sea animals entangled in her hair, only to release them when she is appeased by offerings, songs or a visit from an angakok (shaman), who combs the tangles from her hair.
