Dream (prophecy) of future greatness causes banishment (imprisonment) — Mythoi

Motif

Dream (prophecy) of future greatness causes banishment (imprisonment).

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Overweening ambition punished. · view the constellation · filed as L425

Filed across the traditions

Japanese Ikeda.
general *Type 671, 725
general *BP I 322ff., 324

Within the index

Filed under Overweening ambition punished.

Filed beside it

Overweening ambition punished. Man sets self up as a god Attempt to fly to heaven punished. Car supported by eagles Peter acts as God for a day: tires of bargain. A girl takes her goat to pasture and leaves him: "My God care for you!" Peter must run everywhere after the goat Man who has never known unhappiness or want is swallowed up by earth with all his household Poor man aspires to high office: made a cook

Carried in tale types

Prophecy of Future Sovereignty (previously The Dream) · ATU 725 2 recorded variants

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