Miller wrote: “To dream of a rooster, foretells that you will be very successful and rise to prominence, but you will…” Compare 4 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
Rooster · Heading 1734; source lines 19386–19397 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a rooster, foretells that you will be very successful and rise to prominence, but you will allow yourself to become conceited over your fortunate rise.
To see roosters fighting, foretells altercations and rivals. See Chickens.
Felix Fontaine · Cock
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Cock · Heading 152; source line 1601 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Rooster.) To dream you see a cock in the house, is a good sign to those who would marry; to hear a cock crow denotes great prosperity.
The source heading “Cock” is shown on the Rooster page: same bird; archaic/modern word
View source editionFelix Fontaine · Rooster
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Rooster · Heading 681; source line 4287 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Cock.) If a girl dreams of hearing a cock crow, it foretells that she will soon have a new lover; if a lover dreams this, it is a sign that he has a formidable rival: if a married man or woman dreams of roosters, it shows that some outsider is enamored of the wife.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Cock · Dream section, heading 112; source lines 4128–4130 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A crowing cock denotes sudden trouble.
The source heading “Cock” is shown on the Rooster page: same bird; archaic/modern word
View source editionKatherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Cock · Printed p. 209; NLM OCR lines 9598–9601 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream denoting pride, success and power, combined with watchfulness (Gypsy); modern symbol of vigilance, formerly held sacred to the sun; the herald of Apollo.
The source heading “Cock” is shown on the Rooster page: same bird; archaic/modern word
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