Miller wrote: “If seen in a dream, denotes threatening enemies.” 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
Dagger · Heading 584; source lines 7059–7065 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If seen in a dream, denotes threatening enemies. If you wrench the dagger from the hand of another, it denotes that you will be able to counteract the influence of your enemies and overcome misfortune.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Dagger · Heading 175; source line 1688 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a dagger, you may expect news of absent persons, and your dearest hope will be fulfilled.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Dagger · Dream section, heading 48; source lines 3628–3630 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A friend will confer a favor.
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
Dagger · Printed p. 211; NLM OCR lines 9715–9718 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Foretells death and suffering, unless you dream of grasping it firmly, when it augurs success. Jung interprets the dagger as a phallic symbol.
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