Miller wrote: “To dream that you see a clear fountain sparkling in the sunlight, denotes vast possessions, ecstatic…” Compare 6 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
Fountain · Heading 832; source lines 9669–9682 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you see a clear fountain sparkling in the sunlight, denotes vast possessions, ecstatic delights and many pleasant journeys.
A clouded fountain, denotes the insincerity of associates and unhappy engagements and love affairs.
A dry and broken fountain, indicates death and cessation of pleasures.
For a young woman to see a sparkling fountain in the moonlight, signifies ill-advised pleasure which may result in a desertion.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fountain · Heading 274; source line 2168 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are at a fountain, is a favorable omen; if the water is clear, it denotes riches and honors; and in love, it foretells happiness in marriage; but if muddy, it denotes vexation and trouble.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Fountain · Dream section, heading 196; source lines 844–850 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are at a fountain, is a very favorable omen. If the waters are clear, it denotes riches and honors; and in love, it foretells great happiness in the marriage state, and that your sweetheart is of an amiable disposition and true to you; but if the waters appear muddy, then it denotes vexation and trouble, disappointment in business, inconstancy in your sweetheart and misery in the marriage state.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Fountain · Dream section, heading 180; source lines 4285–4288 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a running fountain denotes health and abundance.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Fountain · Dream section, heading 89; source lines 3731–3733 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(Playing) Good luck, happy times and laughter.
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
Fountain · Printed p. 218; NLM OCR lines 10054–10057 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a clear fountain indicates abundance to well persons and health to invalids (Artemidorus). A symbol of the gospel and of miraculous healing waters.
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