Motif
dream apparition announces death
dream_apparition_announces_death
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
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6920-7009 confidence: medium
Morpheus adds a voice that Halcyone may believe to be Ceyx's, with tears and hand gestures like his; she cries out in sleep for him to stay.
Morpheus appears with Ceyx's voice and gestures; Halcyone wakes convinced she has seen the real ghost of her shipwrecked husband.
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