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Dream of treasure bought. Treasure has been seen by man's soul absent in sleep in form of a fly. The purchaser of the dream finds the treasure.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Treasure trove. · Discovery of treasure. · view the constellation · filed as N531.3

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 3520
  • PersianLorimer Persian Tales 311 No. 49
  • JapaneseIkeda.
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Filed under Treasure discovered through dream.

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Dream of treasure on the bridge. A man dreams that if he goes to a distant city he will find treasure on a certain bridge. Finding no treasure, he tells his dream to a man who says that he too has dreamed of treasure at a certain place. He describes the place, which is the first man's home. When the latter returns home he finds the treasureDream brings treasure: trade vineyards with neighbor. A treasure is found in the new vineyardGrateful king advises merchant in dream to take treasure from his grave moundMan dreams of large jars full of wealth, which he can get if he will sacrifice his wife for the getting
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