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Pillow

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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To dream of a pillow, denotes luxury and comfort.” 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

Pillow · Heading 1549; source lines 17564–17571 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of a pillow, denotes luxury and comfort.

For a young woman to dream that she makes a pillow, she will have encouraging prospects of a pleasant future.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Astra Cielo

Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917

Pillow · Dream section, heading 325; source lines 4644–4646 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of lying on a pillow indicates sickness.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

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

Pillow · Printed p. 243; NLM OCR lines 11388–11392 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

A dream prognosticating death (Gypsy). The Christian symbol of eternal rest. According to Budge it was used as a symbol of power and placed with the dead in order to enable them to lift their heads.

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