11 SOR Indigenous SpiritualityInvestigate: Dreaming Stories

Access www.dreamtime.net.au/indigenous/index.cfm

1. Look up the subheading of Spirituality on this site and take notes on:

Dreaming Stories: What they are about? What are the Tracks of Life? What is the significance of the Rainbow Serpent and the Mimi spirits?

2. Read at least three dreaming stories from this site (look up Stories of the Dreaming: Story list) and write a report on two of these stories.

In your report, comment on the language or territory group to which your stories belong and the ancestral being(s) in your stories. Outline the main features of the stories: what do both stories have in common? What seems to be the key elements of dreaming stories?

11 SOR Indigenous SpiritualityInvestigate: Dreaming Stories

Access www.dreamtime.net.au/indigenous/index.cfm

3. Look up the subheading of Spirituality on this site and take notes on:

Dreaming Stories: What they are about? What are the Tracks of Life? What is the significance of the Rainbow Serpent and the Mimi spirits?

4. Read at least three dreaming stories from this site (look up Stories of the Dreaming: Story list) and write a report on two of these stories.

In your report, comment on the language or territory group to which your stories belong and the ancestral being(s) in your stories. Outline the main features of the stories: what do both stories have in common? What seems to be the key elements of dreaming stories?