Tales From the World’s Firesides is back, and today I’m heading to Australia for a properly strange and brilliant First Nations legend. I’m Clive Gilson, The Story Guy, and this one asks a question you’ve probably never even thought to ask, were fish always sea creatures, or did they once roam the land like the rest of us?
This tale comes via Andrew Lang’s Lilac Fairy Book (1910), and it’s all about how fish ended up in the water for good. It’s one of those stories that shows how people everywhere have looked at nature, wondered why things are the way they are, and spun that wondering into legend.
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