Motif
Recognized hall tableau from a prior vision
recognized_hall_tableau_from_a_prior_vision
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Dream Visitors and Vision Revelations. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
celtic welsh
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The Mabinogion GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG; lines 8240-8329 confidence: high
Inside the hall they see two youths playing chess on a golden bench, a hoary-headed man beside a pillar in an ivory chair carving chessmen, and the maiden sitting on a chair of ruddy gold.
The messengers and later the emperor identify the hall, chess players, old man, and maiden as matching what the emperor saw in his sleep.
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