Religious narrative · Nature & weather
Seven thin ears devoured the full
Egypt (narrative setting) · undated narrative
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
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- Source
- The Bible, King James Version — Various, 1611. Genesis 41:5–7
- Record type
- Religious narrative
- Place
- Egypt (narrative setting) · Hebrew Bible, Egyptian
- Date
- undated narrative
- Uncertainty
- High — Religious narrative; not a historical dream report.
- Imagery
- Food · Storm · Ruler
- Feelings
- Unease · Confusion
How traditions have read this kind of dream
Psychological
Storms, mountains and gardens in dreams are often traced to the day’s impressions or the sleeper’s physical state — Ellis connected a dreamed cyclone to a windy night.
Ellis (1911), ch. IV
Mythological
Sacred mountains and world-trees connect earth and sky in many traditions, from Olympus to Yggdrasil to Mount Kunlun.
Comparative mythology
Chinese traditions
Landscape — mountains, rivers, mist — is the setting of countless Chinese dream journeys, where the dreamer’s wandering mirrors the shan-shui painting tradition.
Li Bai, Dreaming of Tianmu
These are cultural lenses, not a diagnosis.
Dreams that share its images
- The whole city sprouting vegetables Chang’an, China · 383 (as told)
- Dreaming within a dream State of Song, China · c. 4th–3rd century BCE
- The millet was not yet cooked Handan, China (story setting) · c. 780
- Three horses at one trough Luoyang (setting) · novel (printed 1522); set 220
- Seven lean cows Egypt (narrative setting) · undated (text c. 6th c. BCE)
- The kingdom under the locust tree Guangling (Yangzhou), China · c. 802