Aboriginal Beliefs and Spiritualities Flashcards
1
Q
The Dreaming
A
- centre of Aboriginal religion and life
- Aboriginal concept of how the world works
- the past, present and future
- when all things in the world were formed
- refers to events and places rather than time
2
Q
The Dreaming Continued
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- Aboriginal stories are about the Dreaming and how the Ancestral Beings formed and founded the land
3
Q
Dreaming Stories Present
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- ethical behaviour
- information about performing rituals
- advice on food gathering and preparation
- how to make things
- how to operate love magic
- passport to the land
- lives of the ancestors
- explanation of why the land looks like it does
