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A small creature carrying fire to humans, inspired by the Aboriginal Dreamtime story The Discovery of Fire.

The Discovery of Fire

In the earliest days of the world, when the earth was still young and the trees whispered the names of the stars, humankind lived without fire. The nights were cold, and the people huddled together beneath animal skins, trembling as the wind swept across the plains. They ate their food
A possum and a lizard delivering different messages to humans under the moon, from the Aboriginal Dreamtime story “The Coming of Death.”

The Coming of Death

November 5, 2025
In the time before time, when the Dreaming first shaped the earth, all living beings were eternal. People, animals, and spirits walked together in a world without sorrow or age. Each sunrise was the same as the last, and no one knew the passing of seasons. The trees bore fruit
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Baiame teaching the first people near a river, Dreamtime story from Australia.

Baiame and Man

November 3, 2025
After Baiame had shaped the mountains and the rivers, the plains and the forests, he looked upon the land and saw that it was alive but not yet wise. The trees stretched toward the sun, the birds called to one another in the wind, and the waters whispered over the
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Tiddalik the Thirsty Frog

In the Dreamtime, when animals still spoke the first language, the land woke to find no water anywhere. Rivers were empty, the
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