Dreaming
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See also: dreaming
English
Proper noun
the Dreaming
- (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.
- 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.
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Translations
time of creation — see Dreamtime