alcheringa
[al-chuh-ring-guh]
- (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
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Origin of alcheringa
First recorded in 1895–1900, alcheringa is from the Aranda word aljerreŋe
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Examples from the Web for alcheringa
Historical Examples
They are personages wholly comparable to those of the Alcheringa.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious LifeEmile Durkheim
Now, among the Arunta the blacks of to-day are regarded as reincarnations of the Alcheringa fabulous ancestors.
Magic and ReligionAndrew Lang
The evidence of the Arunta legends as to the customs of the Alcheringa, or 'dreamtime,' is 'such stuff as dreams are made of.'
Social Origins and Primal LawAndrew Lang
In other words, a being of the Alcheringa never has more than one representative among the living.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious LifeEmile Durkheim
So really the Alcheringa ancestor is entire in each part of himself which becomes a ratapa.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious LifeEmile Durkheim
alcheringa
- another name for Dreamtime
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Word Origin
from a native Australian language, literally: dream time
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