[dreem-tahym] 
| the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines. |
| dream·time also Dream·time (drēm'tīm') n. The time of the creation of the world in Australian Aboriginal mythology: "Aboriginal myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who wandered across the country in the Dreamtime . . . singing the world into existence" (Bruce Chatwin). [Translation of Aranda (Aboriginal language of central Australia) aljerreŋe, in the dreamtime : aljerre, dream + -ŋe, from, of.] |
