Meaning of Dream-time | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“A group, whether stationary or migratory, in the myths of the Dream-Time ( the Alcheringa ) always consists of persons of the same totem, with occasional visitors of other totems.”
“From then on it became increasingly the custom among European and Aboriginal Australians to refer⟳ to that long past time as The Dreaming or The Dream-time, the Ancestors themselves as Dream-time Beings and the totems connected with them as Dreamings.”
“In the Dream-time of the beginning, godlike ancestors deposited the souls of all the living in "spirit wells" near several watering holes, or else the souls came from a great serpent underground, or down from the sky above.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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