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Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology is the sacred spirituality represented in the stories performed by Aboriginal Australians within each of the language groups across Australia in their ceremonies. Aboriginal spirituality includes the Dreamtime (the Dreaming), songlines, and Aboriginal oral literature.
Yawkyawk, Aboriginal shape-shifting mermaids who live in waterholes, freshwater springs, and rock pools, cause the weather and are related by blood or through marriage (or depending on the tradition, both) to the rainbow serpent Ngalyod. Yee-Na-Pah, an Arrernte thorny devil spirit girl who marries and echidna spirit man.
Stencil art at Carnarvon Gorge, which may be memorials, signs from or appeals to totemic ancestors or records of Dreaming stories [1]. The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal mythology.
South Australia: Register of Aboriginal Sites and Objects [45] [46] Tasmania: The Aboriginal Heritage Register has over 13,000 places and objects on its database. [47] Victoria: The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Register and Information System (ACHRIS) is the online tool that is used to access the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register. [48] [49 ...
Aboriginal ceremonies have been a part of Aboriginal culture since the beginning, and still play a vital part in society. [23] They are held often, for many different reasons, all of which are based on the spiritual beliefs and cultural practices of the community. [ 24 ]
Aboriginal stencil art showing unique clan markers and dreamtime stories symbolising attempts to catch the deceased's spirit. The beginnings of Australian mythology center on the Aboriginal belief system known as Dreamtime, which dates back as far as 65,000 years. Aboriginals believed Earth was created by spiritual beings who physically ...
A Tjurunga, also spelt Churinga and Tjuringa, is an object considered to be of religious significance by Central Australian Aboriginal people of the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) groups. The word derives from the Arrernte word Tywerenge which means sacred or precious. Tjurunga often had a wide and indeterminate native significance.
Therefore, the passing down of knowledge is fundamental to the Aboriginal religion. [12] Adnoartina now appears as inspiration for the stories, art, ceremonies and music of modern culture. [ 5 ] In modern art, red ochre is a primary material for many Aboriginal artists through its distinctive red colour and sheen quality. [ 4 ]