History Main / HollywoodDreamtime

See also HollywoodHistory, HollywoodVoodoo, ReligionIsMagic and VisionQuest. Not to be confused with DreamLand, though fiction tends to conflate the two.

A term coined by anthropologist Francis Gillen, the Dreamtime (alternatively known as "The Mystic Age") is blanket term used to describe the [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Aboriginal belief]] in LandDownUnder. What exactly the Dreamtime is depends on which region you ask about it in, but the common consensus is that the Dreamtime is an [[TheTimeOfMyths early era in the world]] where the Earth was an EldritchLocation populated by monsters, gods and powerful spirits that would father humanity and the tenets that make up the natural laws of the universe. This Dreamtime continues to exist on some level, perhaps in all times simultaneously, and can still be accessed.

* The Guru by ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'' is an Aboriginal koala adept in the practices of the Dreamtime and is Murray's spiritual teacher. With his staff and moonstone, the dreamtime gives him the power to camouflage himself, control people's minds and telekinesis.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' episode "[[Recap/GargoylesS2Walkabout Walkabout]]", the Dreamtime is presented as being similar to the astral plane, Dingo and Goliath entering the Dreamtime with the help of Dingo's spiritual adviser in order to communicate with an advanced [=AI=] that threatens to [[GreyGoo assimilate all of Australia]]. There they can conjure anything they can think of, but since this is based on cognition speed they're quickly outpaced by the [=AI=] once it figures out what's going on.
* ''WesternAnimation/RipleysBelieveItorNot'' episode "Follow Your Dreams" has it as a way to [[DreamingofThingstoCome predict the future]].

* ''ComicBook/TankGirl'' has been known to dabble in this from time to time, usually in connection with Tank Girl's Aborigine ex-boyfriend, Stevie.

In fiction, it has been given the same treatment as [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo]] and is looked upon as a source of magical power, with shamans acting like wizards casting spells and facing the likes of YowiesAndBunyipsAndDropBearsOhMy. Said shamans are often portrayed as the EthnicMagician in a FantasyKitchenSink, their presence followed by the distinct sound of didgeridoos.

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* The ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' essentially modeled its entire spirit world, the Umbra, on Hollywood Dreamtime. The part of the Umbra that was supposed to be the actual Aboriginal version was covered in ''Rage Across Australia'', a ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' supplement.

A term coined by anthropologist Francis Gillen, the Dreamtime (alternatively known as "The Mystic Age") is blanket term used to describe the Aboriginal belief in LandDownUnder. What exactly the Dreamtime is depends on which region you ask about it in, but the common consensus is that the Dreamtime is an [[TheTimeOfMyths early era in the world]] where the Earth was an EldritchLocation populated by monsters, gods and powerful spirits that would father humanity and the tenets that make up the natural laws of the universe. This Dreamtime continues to exist on some level, perhaps in all times simultaneously, and can still be accessed.

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A term coined by anthropologist Francis Gillen, the Dreamtime (alternatively known as "The Mystic Age") is blanket term used to describe the Aboriginal belief in LandDownUnder. What exactly the Dreamtime is depends on which region you ask about it in, but the common consensus is that the Dreamtime is an [[TheTimeOfMyths early era in the world]] where the Earth was an EldritchLocation populated by monsters, gods and powerful spirits that would father humanity and the tenets that make up the natural laws of the universe.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' episode "[[Recap/GargoylesS2Walkabout Walkabout]]", the Dreamtime is presented as being similar to the astral plane, Dingo and Goliath entering the Dreamtime with the help of Dingo's spiritual adviser in order to communicate with an advanced [=AI=] that threatens to [[GreyGoo assimilate all of Australia]].

A term coined by anthropologist Francis Gillen, the Dreamtime (alternatively known as "The Mystic Age") is blanket term used to describe the Aboriginal belief in LandDownunder. What exactly the Dreamtime is depends on which region you ask about it in, but the common consensus is that the Dreamtime is an [[TheTimeOfMyths early era in the world]] where the Earth was an EldritchLocation populated by monsters, gods and powerful spirits that would father humanity and the tenets that make up the natural laws of the universe.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' episode "[[Recap/GargoylesS2Walkabout Walkabout]]", the Dreamtime is presented as being similar to the astral plane, Dingo and Goliath entering the Dreamtime with the help of Dingo's spiritual adviser in order to communicate with an advanced [=AI=] that threatens to assimilate all of Australia.

A term coined by anthropologist Francis Gillen, the Dreamtime (alternatively known as "The Mystic Age") is blanket term used to describe the Aboriginal belief in LandDownunder. What exactly the Dreamtime is depends on which region you ask about it in, but the common consensus is that the Dreamtime is an [[TheTimeOfMyths early era in the world]] where the Earth was an EldritchLocation populated by monsters, gods and powerful spirits that would father humanity and the tenents that make up the natural laws of the universe.