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Chameleon

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Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing your swetheart[sic] wearing a chameleon chained to her, shows she will prove faithless…” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Chameleon · Heading 386; source lines 5304–5311 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of seeing your swetheart[sic] wearing a chameleon chained to her, shows she will prove faithless to you if by changing she can better her fortune. Ordinarily chameleons signify deceit and self advancement, even though others suffer.

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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

Chameleon · Printed p. 207; NLM OCR lines 9513–9515 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

This dream indicates that the dreamer is being cheated mercilessly (Gypsy).

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