The Dreamtime

Aboriginal Creation Myths
 is not the actual time to dream
 is also known as the Creation Time or The Dreaming
 is the basic draft for the aboriginal mythology
 is a different concept of time
 is indefinetly
 started the Dreamtime when earth was only an empty lump
 was named Ungud
 was sleeping under the surface of the earth
 threw a boomerang over the sea
 laid numerous eggs all over the globe
 hatched creatures were named Wondjina
 first creative creatures on earth
 were sleeping under earth‘s surface as well
 found a perfect balance between wisdom, power and good intentions
 moved all over the globe
 before starting a hike they went to sleep and dreamed
 put dream into practice to create nature, sun, moon, humans, etc.
 in the end became tired and went back into the soul of their creations
 Creative genius Pund-jel created all living creatures except for women
 he always wore a big stone knife
 Pund-jel carved a lot of holes into the earth to create mountains, etc.
 he decided to build two men out of bark and clay
 one man got straight and the other one curly hair
 he brought them to life by instilling breath into their mouths
 eventually the genius gave them the gift of speech
 Pund-jel had a brother named Pal-ly-yan who was the lord of all water
 one day he went swimming and splashed around
 the water began to blur because of sand and mud
 he suddenly identifies two hands and two heads
 Pal-ly-yan used a branch to fish out the two people
 he brought the two women to the men and gave them sticks and spears
 they should live together in peace
 men should hunt and women should collect roots to eat
 life was very cold in the beginning because there was no light
 Purukupali and his friend Japara discovered how to make fire
 he gave his sister a big and Japara a small piece of burning bark
 they should watch after it and keep the flame burning
 his sister Wuiripranala became the sun-woman
 Japara became the moon-man
 Creative genius Craitbul had two sons
 they carved two figures out of bark
 Craitbul brought them to life
 the kangaroos spawned fast
 so Craitbul‘s family had always enough to eat
 one of his sons disobeyd the law of sharing food
 Craitbul got very angry and evoked a big storm
 the kangaroos got scared and haven‘t lost their fear till today
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