Miller wrote: “To dream of a lance, denotes formidable enemies and injurious experiments.” Compare 2 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
Lance · Heading 1148; source lines 13313–13322 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a lance, denotes formidable enemies and injurious experiments.
To be wounded by a lance, error of judgment will cause you annoyance.
To break a lance, denotes seeming impossibilities will be overcome and your desires will be fulfilled.
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
Lance · Printed p. 228; NLM OCR lines 10608–10611 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of trouble and tragedy (Raphael); an erotic dream (Jung); Christian symbol of martyrdom; Greek symbol of the god Mars.
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