Alcheringa
ancestor earth Australian Aboriginal mythology single tradition · 1
The Alcheringa refers to the "far distant past with which the earliest traditions of the tribe deal." The term is linked to the word alcheri meaning "dream". It is a concept used by the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) people of Central Australia, and is also current among the Kaytetye and Anmatyerr.
When
- First attested
- 1899 CE
- Attested period
- 1899 – 1899
- Historical notes
- First documented in Native Tribes of Central Australia by Gillen and Spencer.
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In that work, they spoke of the Alcheringa as "the name applied to the far distant past with which the earliest traditions of the tribe deal". Five years later, in their Northern Tribes of Central Australia, they gloss the far distant age as "the dream times", link it to the word alcheri meaning "dream", and affirm that the term is current also among the Kaytetye and Anmatyerr.”
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