Motif
divine instruction by vision
divine_instruction_by_vision
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Dream Visitors and Vision Revelations. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11845-11957 confidence: high
Frithiof visits his father's burial mound, asks Balder how to make reparation, and receives a cloud vision of a new temple over Balder's grove.
An answer is granted when Frithiof sees in the clouds a vision of a new temple, which he interprets as the gods' instruction.
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