Alcheringa

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Alcheringa is an Aboriginal Australian term referring to the mythic Dreaming time of creation, when ancestral beings shaped the land, laws, and spiritual order of the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian religious concept
mythological concept
time of creation
hasAlternativeName Dreaming NERFINISHED
Dreamtime NERFINISHED
hasConceptualRole foundation of moral law
foundation of social order
source of sacred stories
source of songlines
hasCulturalSignificance defines relationships between people, land, and ancestors
grounds custodial responsibilities for Country
provides charter for customary law
hasEtymologyNote often glossed in English as Dreaming or Dreamtime
hasSpatialAspect connected to specific places
embedded in landscape
hasTemporalNature mythic time
non-linear time
influences Aboriginal Australian art
Aboriginal Australian kinship systems
Aboriginal Australian law
Aboriginal Australian oral tradition
Aboriginal Australian ritual practices
involves ancestral beings
creation of the world
establishment of laws
establishment of spiritual order
shaping of the land
isAssociatedWith Aboriginal Australian spirituality
Australian Aboriginal cosmology
isCentralTo Aboriginal Australian creation stories
Aboriginal Australian religious beliefs
isRelatedTo ancestral spirits
cosmogony
sacred sites
totemic beings
isTransmittedBy ceremony
dance
oral storytelling
song
visual art
languageOfOrigin Arrernte language (Central Australia) NERFINISHED
originatesFrom Aboriginal Australian cultures
refersTo mythic time of creation
primordial era

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Dreaming hasAlternativeName Alcheringa