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The Dreaming

The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal mythology. It was originally used by Francis Gillen, quickly adopted by his colleague Walter Baldwin Spencer, and thereafter popularized by A. P. Elkin, who later revised his views.

Culture, Etymology and translation disputes & Aboriginal groups with notable Dreamtime interpretative variation

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Etymology and translation disputes

LutheranCarl StrehlowArrernteUpper Arrernte languageCreator
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Aboriginal groups with notable Dreamtime interpretative variation

AnmatyerrBidjaraButchullaDharugJawoyn
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Differences between cultures

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander StudiesNew South WalesWestern AustraliaEmuBrolga
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Beliefs

WaugalRainbow SerpentSacred sitesCeremoniesGaagudju
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Etymology and translation disputes

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Differences between cultures

Aboriginal groups with notable Dreamtime interpretative variation

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The Dreaming

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The Dreaming

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related to Further reading · 27
The Dreaming → ABC News Story Lab, Aboriginal, Ann McGrath, Anna, Australia, Australian Aboriginal Studies, Clark, Cliff, Dates, Deep History, Deep Time, Dreaming, Dreamtime, Everywhen, February, Goddard, Indigenous, Jakelin Troy, Jukurrpa, Language
related to Other terms among Aboriginal groups · 16
The Dreaming → Dharug, Dreaming, Gija, Martu WangkaWongar, Ngarigo, Ngarinyin, Ngarrankarni, Ngarrarngkarni, Ngunnawal, Noongar, North-East Arnhem LandDaramoolen, Pitjantjatjara, The, Tjukurpa/Tjukurrpa, Warlpiri, Wungud
related to Beliefs · 13
The Dreaming → Among, Arnhem Land, Australian, For, Malak, Pitjantjatjara, Songlines, The Law, These, This, Two-Way, Western, Yolngu
related to "Translations" and meaning · 12
The Dreaming → Aboriginal, Anthropologist William Stanner, Aranda, Arandic, Arrernte, Arunta, Central Australia, Dreaming, Everywhen, Some, Stanner, The
related to Physical manifestation of entities · 9
The Dreaming → Anangu, Ayers Rock, Dreaming, Dreamtime, For, Kuniya, Liru, Some, Uluru
related to Differences between cultures · 6
The Dreaming → Aboriginal, Australia, Dreaming, The, The Australian Institute, Torres Strait Islander Studies
see also · 6
The Dreaming → Aboriginal, Australia, Australian Aboriginal, Dreaming, Festival, SerpentTjilbrukeDreaming
related to Non-Aboriginal · 5
The Dreaming → Dream World, Post Modernism, Shamanism, These, Tibetan
related to Creation · 2
The Dreaming → Creation, The

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dreaming aboriginal also people dreamtime altjira land used word australia meaning dream spencer arrernte concept groups australian life specific noongar

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Sam Gill suggested that Altjira had been used by missionaries from the Hermannsburg Institute as a word for the Christian God to fill in a lexical gapinstance ofand critics0.80text
the Pitjantjatjarainstance ofAmong groups0.80text
ancestral narratives dictateinstance ofAmong groups0.80text
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningThe0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningArandic0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningArrernte0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningAranda0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningArunta0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningCentral Australia0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningSome0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningAnthropologist William Stanner0.60section
The Dreamingrelated to "Translations" and meaningAboriginal0.60section

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