Motif
Dream epiphany of protective goddess
dream_epiphany_of_protective_goddess
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.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3655-3750 confidence: high
In a night vision before Telethusa's bed, the daughter of Inachus appears with moon horns, golden ears of corn, a diadem, Anubis, Bubastis, Apis, a silence-enjoining figure, sistra, Osiris, and a foreign serpent filled with soporific poison.
Isis appears to Telethusa in a night vision with emblems and attendants and gives protective instructions.
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