Miller wrote: “To dream of an eel is good if you can maintain your grip on him.” Compare 5 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Eel · Heading 692; source lines 8276–8288 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of an eel is good if you can maintain your grip on him. Otherwise fortune will be fleeting.
To see an eel in clear water, denotes, for a woman, new but evanescent pleasures.
To see a dead eel, signifies that you will overcome your most maliciously inclined enemies. To lovers, the dream denotes an end to long and hazardous courtship by marriage.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Eels · Heading 221; source line 1902 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of catching or handling eels, denotes that you will have good fortune, but difficulty. If the eels slip through your hands and escape from you, it shows that you will experience a loss.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Eels · Dream section, heading 162; source lines 719–722 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of eels, signifies to beware of slippery pursuits and uncertain speculations. If the eels escape you, you will be jilted in love; if you hold them, honor and happiness will be in store for you.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Eels · Dream section, heading 151; source lines 4216–4218 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Are sign of vexation.
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
Eels · Printed p. 214; NLM OCR lines 9854–9857 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A warning to beware of uncertain speculations (Gypsy). "As slippery as an eel," is the old simile for a rogue.
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