- “The story concerns a young hunter of one tribe and the young girl of another.”
- ―The narrator describes Loana and Tumak
Loana is the deuteragonist and main female lead of the 1940 ahistorical film One Million B.C. and the 1966 remake, One Million Years B.C. She is a member of the Shell tribe and Tumak's love interest.
Appearances[]
One Million B.C[]
Loana of the Shell Clan finds Tumak, who is unconscious from a Woolly Mammoth attacking him. Shed nurses him back to health by giving him food, which he guards as he eats. Overtime, Loana falls in love with Tumak.
With Tumak living among the Shell Tribe, Tumak learns to live among them. After teaching children gather food, he fishes with Loana, who gets frustrated with his spearfishing being unlike hunting on land. After he steals a spear and hammer from their maker and attacks him when he tries to recalim them, Loana's father banishes Tumak from the tribe. She follows him, much to Tumak's frustration. Along the way out, Tumak helps Loana grab apples from a tree when he sees her struggling to find them. They suddenly spot a Gyptodont, which hunts them up the hill. As they make it to Rock Tribe territory, they are trapped in a fissure during a fight between a Dimetrodon and a lizard like dinosaur.
One Million Years B.C.[]
In the 1966 remake, Loana is portrayed by Raquel Welch. She and the other cavewomen are at the beach spearfishing and noticed Tumak up the hill. She then alerts the women it is Archelon. She orders the women to wait and she begins approach him carefully and noticed that he fell unconscious. Loana then noticed giant Archelon appeared and use her seashell to alert the men.
Loana then decided to remove the tusk to let Nupondi free.
Loana then jumps into the water to show the Rock Tribe to have fun.
At the end of the film, Loana and Tumak lead their two groups to safety, ending the rivalry between their two groups and creating a new one.
Other Appearances[]
In Godzilla Singular Point, Loana appeared in episode 2 on computer screen along with Rhedosaurus.
Personality[]
Original[]
Loana is a strong-willed and compassionate young woman who saved a young child from dying in the original series.
Remake[]
Loana is known to be very alert to danger and blows her seashell for help.
Physical Appearance[]
In the 1966 remake, Loana is a beautiful cavewoman with long blonde hair and green eyes.
Gallery[]
List of Appearances[]
- One Million B.C.
- One Million Years B.C.
- Godzilla Singular Point (cameo, picture only; non-canonical)
Trivia[]
- Loana was able to say "Archelon" for the first time after encountering it.
- Loana's actress in the 1966 remake received top billing and is on the cover of the movie's poster despite being the fact that she is deuteragonist and Tumak is the true protagonist of the film.