Historical dream account · English · machine translation
In the Swamp Between Mockery and Help
Friedrich Hebbel
Das Buch der Träume (1927) · Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account312, printed page165–166
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Hamburg, December 2, 1840. Two dreams:
I lay in a swamp, freezing and naked. People passed, mocked me and spat at me. That suited me. But others also came, offering me a hand and wanting to pull me out. This goaded my fury; I flung myself back, gnashing my teeth, and resisted. ‘Is it enough?’ was my last thought, merging with the thought of God.
Original diary heading/group: 1840-12-02
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Im Sumpf zwischen Hohn und Hilfe
Hamburg, 2. Dezember 1840. Zwei Träume:
Ich lag in einem Sumpf, frierend und nackt. Menschen gingen vorüber, höhnten mich und spieen mich an. Das war mir recht. Aber es kamen auch andere, die mir die Hand reichten und mich herausziehen wollten. Das stachelte meinen Ingrimm, ich warf mich knirschend zurück und widerstand. „Ists genug?“ war mein letzter Gedanke, der sich mit dem Gedanken an Gott verschmolz.
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A historical recollection reproduced in Ignaz Ježower’s original German anthology. Editorial title and navigation themes are added; source wording is preserved. This is not a modern Synastry community submission.
Friedrich Hebbel, account reproduced in Ignaz Ježower (compiler), Das Buch der Träume (Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt, copyright1927), numbered account312, p.165–166. Original German; editorial title added.
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Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account312, printed page165–166
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Complete original German numbered diary recollection transcribed against rendered primary scan; Running headings and marginal account numerals omitted; line-wrap hyphens joined; print spacing normalized; Source spelling and names retained; no translation, paraphrase, redaction or generated narrative; Paragraph boundaries retained or restored from printed layout. Editorial title/navigation themes and canonical metadata added; no narrative wording change.
First of two separately numbered accounts under one date/header; stop before already-published account 313. The shared heading says Zwei Träume; this record contains only account 312.
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Content notes
- Nonsexual nudity
- Distress
- Religious imagery
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