Miller wrote: “To dream of being pursued by a monster, denotes that sorrow and misfortune hold prominent places in your…” Compare 3 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
Monster · Heading 1332; source lines 15308–15316 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being pursued by a monster, denotes that sorrow and misfortune hold prominent places in your immediate future.
To slay a monster, denotes that you will successfully cope with enemies and rise to eminent positions.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Monster · Dream section, heading 335; source lines 1326–1327 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a monster in the sea is not good; but out of the sea every fish and great monster is good.
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
Monster · Printed p. 234; NLM OCR lines 10905–10908 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a monster or monstrous fish at sea is evil, but a monster on land is good, signifying evil enemies who will be impotent (Artemidorus).
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