Motif
dream reveals the hidden corpse
dream_reveals_the_hidden_corpse
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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sufi
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The Mesnevi CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III. / CHAPTER IV.; lines 4279-4412 confidence: high
After Shemsu-’d-Dīn is made a martyr, executioners throw his corpse down a well; Sultan Veled dreams where it is, recovers it at midnight, washes it, and privately buries it.
Sultan Veled sees Shemsu-’d-Dīn in a dream, learns where the body is, and recovers it from the well for washing and burial.
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