Miller wrote: “To dream of being beheaded, overwhelming defeat or failure in some undertaking will soon follow.” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Beheading · Heading 202; source lines 3504–3512 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being beheaded, overwhelming defeat or failure in some undertaking will soon follow.
To see others beheaded, if accompanied by a large flow of blood, death and exile are portended.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Beheading · Heading 68; source line 1251 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you see a person that is going to be beheaded, or if you see one beheaded, it is an excellent sign; in love you will be successful; in prison you will be released; and any trouble you have will soon vanish; it is also a sign you will soon meet a long absent friend who will be glad to see you.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Beheading · Dream section, heading 53; source lines 313–316 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you see any one beheaded, is a good omen; if you are in love, you will marry the object of your affections. If you are in prison, you will speedily gain your liberty.
Anonymous
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894
Beheading · Dream section, heading 14; source lines 170–176 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you see any one beheaded is a good omen; if you are in love, you will marry the object of your affections; if you are in trouble of any kind, it will speedily vanish; it denotes, also, that you will see some friend who has long been absent, and that he will be in good health.
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