alcheringa

Precisely the same fable occurs in Central Australian myths of the Alcheringa, or legendary past.
Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Andrew Lang
They are personages wholly comparable to those of the Alcheringa.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life|Emile Durkheim
Each of these Alcheringa ancestors carried about with him or her one or more of the sacred stones called churinga.
Folklore as an Historical Science|George Laurence Gomme
The tribal stores of churinga are not the same as the places where churinga were dropped in the Alcheringa.
Magic and Religion|Andrew Lang

According to Arunta tradition, their ancestors in the Alcheringa were endogamous.
The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions|Carveth Read

British Dictionary definitions for alcheringa

alcheringa

/ (ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋɡə) /

noun

another name for Dreamtime

Word Origin for alcheringa

from a native Australian language, literally: dream time

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