DREAM GALAXY

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Cut the priests of Egypt asunder

Egypt · c. 700 BCE (as told)

he had seen in his sleep a vision, in which it seemed to him that a man came and stood by him and counselled him to gather together all the priests of Egypt and cut them asunder in the midst. Having seen this dream, he said that it seemed to him that the gods were foreshowing him this to furnish an occasion against him

Original text — The History of Herodotus (trans. G. C. Macaulay), Herodotus; trans. G. C. Macaulay

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Source
The History of Herodotus (trans. G. C. Macaulay) — Herodotus; trans. G. C. Macaulay, 1890 (translation). Book II, ch. 139
Rights
Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
Record type
Anecdote collection
Place
Egypt · Egyptian, Nubian (Kushite)
Date
c. 700 BCE (as told)
Uncertainty
High — From Herodotus’ Histories (G. C. Macaulay trans., 1890); a dream as reported by Egyptian priests to Herodotus.
Imagery
Ruler · Temple · A stranger
Feelings
Unease · Confusion

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A stranger

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Jung · Shadow, anima and animus

Jung read unknown figures as possible parts of the dreamer: a same-sex stranger may carry the shadow; an other-sex figure what he called the anima or animus. These are offered as lenses, not labels — and his gender framing reflects his time.

C. G. Jung, “Aion, ch. 2–3”, Collected Works 9ii

Homeric epic Classical text

In Homer, gods and dreams arrive in borrowed shapes: Athena visits Nausicaa disguised as her friend; Zeus sends a Dream to Agamemnon looking like Nestor.

Odyssey VI; Iliad II

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