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Miller wrote: “To dream of a hunchback, denotes unexpected reverses in your prospects.” Compare 3 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.

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

Hunchback · Heading 1002; source lines 11674–11678 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of a hunchback, denotes unexpected reverses in your prospects.

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Anonymous

Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription

Hunchback · Dream section, heading 125; source lines 3821–3823 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

A troubled life, with many ups and downs.

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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

Hump-Back · Printed p. 224; NLM OCR lines 10393–10396 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

A dream denoting prosperity (Artemidorus); derived from the superstition that these unfortunates bring luck to whosoever touches the hump.

The source heading “Hump-Back” is shown on the Hunchback page: same topic

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