Jukurrpa

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Aboriginal Australian religious concept cosmological belief system creation narrative spiritual law

Jukurrpa is a central Aboriginal Australian concept encompassing the creation period, ancestral beings, and the spiritual laws and stories that govern the land and its people.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Anangu Tjukurpa (Dreaming) 2
Altyerre (Dreaming) worldview 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian religious concept ⓘ
cosmological belief system ⓘ
creation narrative ⓘ
spiritual law ⓘ
associatedWith Central Australian Aboriginal peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warlpiri people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Desert cultural bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme ancestral beings ⓘ
creation of the world ⓘ
origin of social order ⓘ
relationship between people and land ⓘ
sacred stories ⓘ
spiritual laws ⓘ
considered ongoing and present, not only in the past ⓘ
source of identity for Aboriginal groups ⓘ
describes creation period ⓘ
origin of animals, plants, and features of the landscape ⓘ
routes of ancestral beings across the land ⓘ
embodiedIn dance ⓘ
sacred designs and symbols ⓘ
song cycles ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
visual art ⓘ
governs ceremonial obligations ⓘ
kinship rules ⓘ
marriage rules ⓘ
moral conduct ⓘ
rights to land and country ⓘ
use and care of natural resources ⓘ
hasAspect aesthetic traditions ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
law ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
hasEnglishGloss Dreaming ⓘ
Dreamtime NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences Aboriginal art symbolism ⓘ
Aboriginal land management practices ⓘ
Aboriginal social organization ⓘ
languageOfTerm Warlpiri language NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo ancestral tracks ⓘ
sacred sites ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
specific tracts of land ⓘ
transmittedBy initiation ceremonies ⓘ
intergenerational teaching ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dreaming → hasAlternativeName → Jukurrpa ⓘ
Arrernte people → hasConcept → Jukurrpa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altyerre (Dreaming) worldview
Kata Tjuta → partOf → Jukurrpa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu Tjukurpa (Dreaming)
Mimili → hasReligiousSpiritualTradition → Jukurrpa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu Tjukurpa (Dreaming)