Miller wrote: “To dream of pirates, denotes that you will be exposed to the evil designs of false friends.” 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.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Pirate · Heading 1556; source lines 17633–17645 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of pirates, denotes that you will be exposed to the evil designs of false friends.
To dream that you are a pirate, denotes that you will fall beneath the society of friends and former equals.
For a young woman to dream that her lover is a pirate, is a sign of his unworthiness and deceitfulness. If she is captured by pirates, she will be induced to leave her home under false pretenses.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Pirate · Heading 582; source line 3773 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are captured by pirates is a sign you will travel in foreign countries and eventually make your fortune: if a girl dreams this, it foretells that she will marry a foreigner who, dying, will leave her a fortune.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Pirate · Dream section, heading 329; source lines 4652–4654 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Foretells a fortunate adventure.
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