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

Have a nice day!