Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

prolonged dream vision followed by awakening

prolonged_dream_vision_followed_by_awakening

A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Sleep, Trance, Music, and Liminal States. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


celtic welsh

  • The Mabinogion THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY; lines 5809-5878 confidence: high

    Through the ensuing tumult, "Rhonabwy awoke" on the yellow calf-skin, having slept "three nights and three days."

    Rhonabwy wakes from a dream after sleeping three nights and three days on a yellow calf-skin; the tale is explicitly named as his dream.

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