Motif
exact fulfillment of a dream command
exact_fulfillment_of_a_dream_command
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northeast woodlands
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Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths HI WITT J / HEWITT. / S5SJ LEGENDS 587 / HIWITT.; lines 26964-27062 confidence: high
The old man asks not to be heavily punished; the youth says he cannot alter the dream's command, then sings while flames burst from the ground and burn the old man's hair and eyelashes.
The youth repeatedly insists that the command given by the dream cannot be changed or fulfilled by an artificial substitute, and the later dream command likewise imposes specific actions.
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