How the Fish Got Their Fins single work   prose   children's   Indigenous story   dreaming story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 How the Fish Got Their Fins
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This is the story of how the fish got their fins when Culma, the fish, swallows Kulai, the 'porcupine' [echidna].

Notes

  • Author's note: 'This legend comes from the Gulf of Carpentaria.'

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