Dreamtime

A false calque of Eastern Arrernte Altyerrenge (“the Dreaming”), based on the incorrect assumption that the word is related to altyerre (“a dream”) or altyerre areme (“to dream”). "-time" is an addition unrooted in Aboriginal language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹiːmtaɪm/

Dreamtime

1. (Australian Aboriginal mythology) The time of the creation of the world, by the ancestors out of their own essence.

• "Dreaming" is increasingly being used in favour of "Dreamtime", as the latter term implies that the occurrences of the Dreaming are fixed in the past, which is inaccurate to traditional Australian Aboriginal beliefs, which hold that the Dreaming occurs "everywhen" and continues to hold relevance in the present and future.

• Alchera
• Dreaming

• songline

• meter maid