alcheringa

American  

[al-chuh-ring-guh] / ˌæl tʃəˈrɪŋ gə /

Or Alcheringa

noun

1. (in Australian Aboriginal mythology) dreamtime.

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alcheringa British  

/ ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋɡə /

noun

1. another name for Dreamtime

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Etymology

Origin of alcheringa

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

Example Sentences

Marvellous powers attributed by the Central Australians to their remote ancestors of the alcheringa or dream time.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

The Central Australian native is firmly convinced, as will be seen from the accounts relating to their alcheringa ancestors, that the latter were endowed with powers such as no living man now possesses.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir