Dreaming

Proper noun

 * 1)  The time of the shaping of the physical and spiritual world by the ancestors; the events or beliefs connected to these times.

Usage notes

 * This term is increasingly used in favor of Dreamtime, as the latter term implies that the occurrences of the Dreaming are fixed in the past, which is inaccurate to traditional Australian Aboriginal beliefs, which hold that the Dreaming occurs "everywhen" and continues to hold relevance in the present and future.