Motif
Divine dream visitation authorizing action
divine_dream_visitation_authorizing_action
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13291-13376 confidence: high
In sleep, the saving god appears before a Roman's couch, holding a rustic staff and stroking his beard; he says he will come, leave his statues, and be changed into the serpent coiled around his staff, but in greater size.
The saving god appears to a Roman in sleep, reassures him, announces his departure from Epidaurus, and explains the serpent sign by which he will be known.
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