Re: The Dreaming

[munnari!wraith.cs.uow.oz.au!stephen@uunet.UU.NET (Stephen Nicholson)]

In article <623129577@bucc2.UUCP>, Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes:
> Really-From: Pete Hartman <bucc2!pwh@bradley.edu>
> 
> interesting bit I just ran across.....
> 
> If Dr. Who is a reliable source, the aborigine version of heaven's
> arrival is referred to as "The Dreaming".  This puts an interesting
> spin on the song and the album.....

In Aboriginal terms, the Dreamtime is the time before man. It is a mythology
that explains the creation of the Universe, man, the animals, and in each
tribe's general area, prominent landscape features.

As indicated above, each tribe has slightly different verisons of the Dreaming,
but for the most part, all Aborigines had a basic mythos which in English
translates as the Dreamtime.

If you want more, then there are quite a few excellent books I have seen
in Australia that tell about the Dreamtime.

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