Motif
true and false dreams distinguished by gates
true_and_false_dreams_distinguished_by_gates
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 says dreams are strange and not always true; dreams from the ivory gate are fatuous, while those from the horn gate mean something to those who see them, though she doubts her own came from horn.
Penelope states that dreams come through either the gate of ivory or the gate of horn, with different truth values.
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