Motif
ominous dream foretelling royal death
ominous_dream_foretelling_royal_death
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Prophetic Dreams and Dream Messages. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys.; lines 20007-20169 confidence: high
Bharat says he dreamed the king fell from a high mountain into mire, lay soiled with loose hair, drank oil, laughed, ate sesamum and cake, and was covered in oil.
Bharat’s dream shows the king in degrading and death-associated circumstances, and Bharat explicitly interprets the ass-drawn chariot as a sign that funeral pyre smoke will soon rise.
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