Mother's symbolic dream (vision) about the greatness of her unborn child

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Mother's symbolic dream (vision) about the greatness of her unborn child.

Ordaining the future. · Prophecies. · Favorable prophecies. · view the constellation · filed as M312.0.4

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icelandic*Boberg.
general Loomis: White Magic 18f

Within the index

Filed under Prophecy of future greatness for youth.

1 finer motif beneath it

The dream about a tree which sprouts enormously, indicates the birth of a hero (saint)

Filed beside it

Dream of future greatness Prophecy of future greatness given by animals Prophecy of future greatness if boy lives to be eighteen Prophecy: son will tie father to a horse's leg and strike him fifty blows Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor boy Prophecy: parents will humble themselves before their son. (Vaticinium.)Eater of magic bird-heart will become rich (or king)Prophecy: superb beauty for girl Prophecy: child will build religious edifice. (Cf. M311.2.)Prophecy: boys to be fathers of saints Prophecy of luck for outcast child Prophecy: man will make sun and moon stand still Prophecy: no people or king will be able to stand up against hero

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