Miller wrote: “If you see a hyena in your dreams, you will meet much disappointment and much ill luck in your…” Compare 2 historical dream books.
Compare the historical accounts
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
Hyena · Heading 1011; source lines 11786–11794 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you see a hyena in your dreams, you will meet much disappointment and much ill luck in your undertakings, and your companions will be very uncongenial. If lovers have this dream, they will often be involved in quarrels.
If one attacks you, your reputation will be set upon by busybodies.
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
Hyena · Printed p. 224; NLM OCR lines 10402–10404 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of cruel sorrow (Gypsy). The symbol of ferocity.
Take 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.
Attributed historical writing. Historical claims are not established predictions or universal psychological meanings. Updated 2026-10-12. Read our approach and sources.