Miller wrote: “To see this beast of burden, signifies that you will entertain great patience and fortitude in time of…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
Compare the historical accounts
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
Camels · Heading 327; source lines 4601–4614 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see this beast of burden, signifies that you will entertain great patience and fortitude in time of almost unbearable anguish and failures that will seemingly sweep every vestige of hope from you.
To own a camel, is a sign that you will possess rich mining property.
To see a herd of camels on the desert, denotes assistance when all human aid seems at a low ebb, and of sickness from which you will arise, contrary to all expectations.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Camel · Dream section, heading 85; source lines 4066–4068 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Seeing one means riches; riding on one, disappointment.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Camel · Printed p. 205; NLM OCR lines 9408–9410 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of many burdens patiently borne ( Artemidorus); modern symbol of patience and submission.
Take a question into your day.
These journal questions are DreamFolia’s invitation to reflect on your experience.
Save it before it slips away. No account needed.
Also indexed as: camel
Attributed historical writing. Historical claims are not established predictions or universal psychological meanings. Updated 2026-10-12. Read our approach and sources.