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y separately published work icon Kondili (The Whale) single work   prose   dreaming story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Kondili (The Whale)
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This story begins when the Ramindjeri (Ngarrindjeri) people had no fire and therefore had to dance in the daytime. The people knew that Kondili, the whale man, was the only person who had fire and they planned to obtain it from him. People came from many directions to attend the meeting and they chose their ground for dancing. The dancing went on and on. At last Kondili, the whale, danced and as he did so, sparks came from his body.

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