Motif
Dream accusation and enforced speechlessness
dream_accusation_and_enforced_speechlessness
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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estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country CANTO XI / THE LOSS OF THE SWORD / CANTO XII / THE FIGHT WITH THE SORCERER'S SONS; lines 2783-2886 confidence: high
A pale blood-covered young man enters and warns against giving the sword to the murderous son of Kalev; Kalevide tries to deny it, but the son of old Tühja oppresses him with a nightmare so he cannot speak.
A blood-covered young man accuses the son of Kalev, and Kalevide is prevented from denying it by a nightmare imposed by the son of old Tühja.
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