Motif
prophetic dream of enemy downfall and rescue
prophetic_dream_of_enemy_downfall_and_rescue
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.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XI. The Banquet Hall. / Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove.; lines 46432-46573 confidence: high
Trijaṭá recounts a dream foreshowing the Rákshas race overthrown by Ráma: an ivory aerial chariot drawn by a hundred steeds carries the white-clad sons of Raghu; Sítá appears in white on a snow-white hill by the ocean; she meets Ráma; Sítá, Ráma, and Lakshmaṇ seem to ride on Rávaṇ’s car toward northern realms beyond the sea.
Trijaṭá’s dream is explicitly said to foreshow the Rákshas race overthrown by Ráma, Sítá’s reunion with Ráma, Rávaṇ’s humiliation, and Lanká’s destruction.
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