thần mộng

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Divinely inspired dream / Prophetic dream: A dream believed to be sent or influenced by a deity or spirit, containing a message, prophecy, or instruction. This term is classical and literary, often found in poetry and historical narratives.
   • Dream oracle: A dream that serves as an omen or a divine communication about future events.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong "Truyện Kiều", lời của Đạm Tiên trong thần mộng đã an ủi và hướng dẫn Thúy Kiều. (In "The Tale of Kieu," Dam Tien's words in the prophetic dream comforted and guided Thuy Kieu.)
  • Câu chuyện cổ thường kể về những thần mộng báo trước vận mệnh. (Ancient stories often tell of divinely inspired dreams that foretell fate.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in a classical literary context, especially in reference to Vietnamese epic poetry like Nguyễn Du's "The Tale of Kieu." It describes a specific, plot-critical dream where the ghost of the courtesan Dam Tien appears to the protagonist Thuy Kieu.

Variants and Related Words

• Báo mộng (v): to appear in a dream to deliver a message.
  • Thần linh báo mộng cho nhà vua. (The deity appeared in the king's dream to deliver a message.)
• Chiêm bao (n): dream (general term).
  • Cô ấy có một chiêm bao kỳ lạ. (She had a strange dream.)

Synonyms

• Prophetic dream
• Vision (dream)
• Oneiromancy (the art of interpreting prophetic dreams)

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct common idiom with "thần mộng," the concept is central to the literary idiom (the promise at the Tien Duong river), which originates from the thần mộng in "The Tale of Kieu."