alcheringa

or Al·che·rin·ga

[ al-chuh-ring-guh ]

noun

1. (in Australian Aboriginal mythology) dreamtime.

alcheringa

/ ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋɡə /

noun

1. See Dreamtime
   another name for Dreamtime

Word History and Origins

Origin of alcheringa¹

First recorded in 1895–1900, alcheringa is from the Aranda word aljerreŋe

Word History and Origins

Origin of alcheringa¹

from a native Australian language, literally: dream time

Example Sentences

Precisely the same fable occurs in Central Australian myths of the Alcheringa, or legendary past.

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They are personages wholly comparable to those of the Alcheringa.

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Each of these Alcheringa ancestors carried about with him or her one or more of the sacred stones called churinga.

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The tribal stores of churinga are not the same as the places where churinga were dropped in the Alcheringa.

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According to Arunta tradition, their ancestors in the Alcheringa were endogamous.

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