Motif
dream revelation of a hidden captive being
dream_revelation_of_a_hidden_captive_being
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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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV. / CHAPTER XXVI. / CONTINGENCIES.; lines 11748-11888 confidence: high
Prince Yüan of Sung dreams of a dishevelled man at a side door who says he came from the waters of Tsai-lu, serves the River God, and was caught by the fisherman Yü Ch'ieh.
Prince Yüan learns in a dream that a messenger from the waters serving the River God has been caught by a named fisherman; the report is confirmed when the fisherman appears with the tortoise.
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