alcheringa

[ al-chuh-ring-guh ]

/ ˌæl tʃəˈrɪŋ gə /

(often initial capital letter) dreamtime.

Origin of alcheringa

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

In the Alcheringa times, the Wollunqua traversed the country in every direction.

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life |Emile Durkheim
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 Law |Andrew Lang
Yet they are distinguished by special characteristics from their confrères, the heroes 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

It is true that Spencer and Gillen add that these are ancestors posterior to the Alcheringa.

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life |Emile Durkheim

alcheringa

/ (ˌæltʃəˈrɪŋɡə) /

another name for Dreamtime

from a native Australian language, literally: dream time