Motif
Punishment for withholding a dream
punishment_for_withholding_a_dream
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
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Aino Folk-Tales AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905 confidence: medium
Four chiefs report bad dreams; the fifth does not come, is brought by force, refuses to speak, and is buried up to his chin in front of the senior chief's house.
The fifth chief refuses to speak when asked for his dream and is buried up to the chin by order of the senior chief.
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Aino Folk-Tales AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905 confidence: medium
Four chiefs report bad dreams; the fifth is absent, then brought by force, refuses to speak, and the senior chief has him buried in a hole up to his chin for a day and night.
The fifth chief refuses to tell his dream and is buried up to his chin by order of the senior chief.
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