Another very old example of this type of story can be found in the Talmud with the story of Honi HaM'agel who went to sleep for 70 years and woke up to a world where his grandchildren were grandparents and where all his friends and family were dead.
Po vrnitvi domov v svojo vas se znajde 300 let v prihodnosti, kjer je že davno pozabljen, njegova hiša je v ruševinah, njegova družina pa že dolgo pokojna.