(in Aboriginal culture) any of the beings associated with the creation of the earth in the Dreamtime.
one of the ancestor beings walked this country
Example sentencesExamples
- The Keeper of Souls gave way to the ancestor being that was summoned.
- The carved stones or boards contained the ancestor being.
- The dreamtime is essentially law passed down from ancestor beings to prescribe how people behave.
- There corresponds the incorporation in the craftsmen of the characteristics of the ancestor being represented.
- When these Beings are addressed, we are expected to know that the speaker and the ancestor Being are on close speaking terms.