Motif
daydream ending in self-caused loss
daydream_ending_in_self_caused_loss
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Illusion, Daydream, and Mistaken Reality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5076-5166 confidence: high
He imagines the wife's mother pleading, the wife offering him wine with tears, and himself responding with an angry look, a blow to the cheek, and a violent kick.
Alnaschar becomes absorbed in an imagined scene and physically kicks the basket, destroying the goods on which the fantasy depended.
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