Motif
Dream or apparition in the form of a loved one
dream_or_apparition_in_the_form_of_a_loved_one
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 BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X. / BOOK XI.; lines 315-333 confidence: medium
Ceyx goes to consult the oracle of Claros and perishes by shipwreck; Morpheus appears to Halcyone in her husband's form; Halcyone and Ceyx become kingfishers.
Morpheus appears to Halcyone in the form of her husband after Ceyx dies by shipwreck.
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