Artemidorus wrote: “THe debt and the creditor represent the life: wherefore to the sick, the creditor urging and constraining is great danger, and…”
The historical account
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.
Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Debt, the Creditor, and the hirer. · Book 3, encoded section 148 · Text transcription · marked gaps
Original source (English)
THe debt and the creditor represent the life: wherefore to the sick, the creditor urging and constraining is great danger, and receiving, is death. For we owe a life to nature, our universall mother, which she makes us restore and [illegible passage] ay: the creditor dying, is end of heavinesse: the Tennant or So journer signifieth as the creditor: sometimes the creditor represents the daughter which demands her dowry to marry.
[illegible passage] marks a gap in the source transcription.
View source editionTake 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: of debt, the creditor, and the hirer · debt · creditor · hirer
Attributed historical writing. Historical claims are not established predictions or universal psychological meanings. Updated 2026-10-12. Read our approach and sources.