Motif
ominous dream with internal interpretation
ominous_dream_with_internal_interpretation
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Dream Interpretation, Divination, and Omen Responses. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX; lines 8788-8861 confidence: high
Penelope reports dreaming of twenty geese at a trough and a great eagle that swoops down from a mountain, kills them all, flies into the sky, and leaves them dead while she grieves and her maids gather around.
Penelope’s dream contains animal figures whose meaning is explained within the dream itself, and Ulysses confirms the interpretation as a portent.
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