Motif
Dead ruler still looking toward lost possessions
dead_ruler_still_looking_toward_lost_possessions
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lament for the Fallen Warrior. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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persian
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan THE GULISTAN / SA'DI / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I; lines 244-333 confidence: high
A king of Khorasan dreams of Sultan Mahmud a hundred years after death, his body decayed except for moving eyes; a dervish interprets this as looking because his kingdom and wealth are held by others.
Sultan Mahmud's decayed body appears in a dream with moving eyes, which the dervish explains as looking because kingdom and wealth now belong to others.
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