Motif
divine animal revealed in dream and used for divination
divine_animal_revealed_in_dream_and_used_for_divination
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV. / CHAPTER XXVI. / CONTINGENCIES.; lines 11748-11888 confidence: high
Prince Yüan dreams that a dishevelled-haired man peeps through a side door and says he comes from the waters of Tsai-lu, is a marine messenger on the River God's staff, and has been caught by Yü Ch'ieh.
The tortoise appears as a dream messenger, is identified as divine, is captured and slain for divination, and then yields seventy-two true omens.
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