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!