vision quest
noun
: a solitary vigil by an adolescent American Indian boy to seek spiritual power and learn through a vision the identity of his usually animal or bird guardian spirit
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Johnny Depp plays a man sent to a town called Machine for a job as an accountant, but gets waylaid in a gunfight and ends up on a vision quest with the help of a Native American calling himself Nobody.
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and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
These aren’t ‘tepee rings,’ these are vision quest circles.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
Kayce’s vision quest at the end of season four could possibly be a sign that things are going to have to change.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2022
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and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
These aren’t ‘tepee rings,’ these are vision quest circles.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
Kayce’s vision quest at the end of season four could possibly be a sign that things are going to have to change.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2022
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“Vision quest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vision%20quest. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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