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In the traditional aboriginal religions of Australia, a dreaming is a narrative explaining the creation of the world and a people's lineage in legendary times. There are rules governing the visual representation of a dreaming.

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The dreamtime was the Aborigines religion.

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aboriginal dreaming is their creation stories, dreaming is similar to religion.

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Fairy Tales that Aboriginals told there children.:)

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I believe but I don't know if I am right but the Dreamtime was a special universe that provided the aboriginals with laws rules arts and many things such as those.

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They thought that they were owned by their mother, the earth.

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