Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (4)

Authors

Grishaeva, Elena B.

Contact information

Grishaeva, Elena B. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0001-9495-9631

Keywords

Australian Aboriginals; Dreamtime; anthropology, mythological consciousness; Indigenous languages and cultures

Abstract

The article touches upon one of the enigmatic anthropological and cultural phenomena which is defined by a concept “DREAMTIME”. Sacred rituals of Australian Aboriginals keep going along with itineraries and actions of their predecessors who had created majestic landscapes, endemic species, tropical plants and atmospheric phenomena. They still chant magic songs, mimicking their first ancestors who had repeatedly sung magic spells through which they were creating the world. The paper outlines observance of the historical roots of their religious mentality which defined the structure and mythological picture of Australian Aboriginals. Transdisciplinary approach to an interpretative study of the past and present of one of the prehistoric population groups shed light on their way of life, hunting and collecting routine, and their non- stoppable roaming from Africa to Australia during “a quick breakthrough” of 10 000 years

Pages

795–803

EDN

LCWKTX

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/155112

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