Dreamtime

English Alternative forms en Dream Time Dream-time dreamtime Etymology A false en aer Altyerrenge the Dreaming 1, based on the incorrect assumption that the word is related to aer altyerre a dream or aer altyerre areme to dream. "-time" is an addition unrooted in Aboriginal language. Pronunciation en /ˈdɹiːmtaɪm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Dreamtime.wav US Proper noun en Australian Aboriginal mythology The time of the creation of the world, by the ancestors out of their own essence. en 1980 Meanjin - Volume 39 402 No, Brian Elliott's hobby-horse is not the Jindyworobaks' political links—it is his conviction that they are to be remembered and well respected for their awareness of Aboriginal myth and legend and for their understanding and symbolic poetical use of the alcheringa concept (the Dreamtime myth of the creation of geological Australia and its flora and fauna with the related religious and moral connotations of site-worship and animism) . en 2013 Alexis Wright The Swan Book Constable (2016) 101 The tall slender birds were performing a legendary fight in the Dreamtime story – one that the old law had marked on them forever with a wattle of flaming red skin on the back of their heads. Usage notes "Dreaming" is increasingly being used in favour of "Dreamtime", as the latter term implies that the occurrences of the Dreaming are fixed in the past, which is inaccurate to traditional Australian Aboriginal beliefs, which hold that the Dreaming occurs "everywhen" and continues to hold relevance in the present and future. Synonyms en Alchera Alcheringa Dreaming Translations time of creation of the world in Australian mythology Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 夢幻時光 mènghuàn shíguāng no equivalent exists; lit. "fantasy time" Danish: da Dharug: xdk Nura Dutch: nl Finnish: fi uniaika French: fr Espaces de rêves Pitjantjatjara: pjt Jukurrpa Portuguese: pt Serbo-Croatian: sh Sanjanje Spanish: es See also en songline Anagrams en adeeimmrt meter maid