Historical dream account · English · machine translation
The Dance on the Mountain of Graves
Friedrich Hebbel
Das Buch der Träume (1927) · Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account313, printed page166
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On a mountain, gravestones and graves lay all around; pale, ghastly light illuminated the place; it was a mountain near Heidelberg. I danced with others on the graves and called to someone: ‘Take care, one often suddenly sinks into a grave.’
Original diary heading/group: 1840-12-02
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Der Tanz auf dem Gräberberg
Auf einem Berg lagen lauter Grabsteine und Gräber umher, falbes, grauenhaftes Licht beleuchtete den Platz, es war ein Berg bei Heidelberg, ich tanzte mit anderen auf den Gräbern und rief jemandem zu: „Nimm dich in acht, man sinkt oft plötzlich in ein Grab hinein.“
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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 account313, p.166. Original German; editorial title added.
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Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account313, printed page166
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Line wraps and printer hyphenation removed; Marginal anthology entry numbers and running headers omitted; Scan-checked OCR transcription. Editorial title/navigation themes and canonical metadata added; no narrative wording change.
The preceding diary heading explicitly says December 2, 1840: Two dreams. This is the complete second numbered dream; the first is not combined with it.
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