Dreaming

See also: dreaming

English

Proper noun

the Dreaming

1. (Australian Aboriginal mythology) The time of the shaping of the physical and spiritual world by the ancestors; the events or beliefs connected to these times. [from 20th c.]
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 124:

     The men in this moving mirage of battered vehicles felt they had well and truly followed the Dreaming.

Usage notes

• See notes at Dreamtime.

Synonyms

• Alchera
• Alcheringa
• Dreamtime

 

Derived terms

• dreaming site
• dreaming track

Translations

time of creation — see Dreamtime

See also

• songline

Anagrams

• dearming, margined, mid-range, midrange