Miller wrote: “To dream of vultures, signifies that some scheming person is bent on injuring you, and will not succeed…” 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
Vultures · Heading 2142; source lines 23527–23546 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of vultures, signifies that some scheming person is bent on injuring you, and will not succeed unless you see the vulture wounded, or dead.
For a woman to dream of a vulture, signifies that she will be overwhelmed with slander and gossip.
The source heading “Vultures” is shown on the Vulture page: singular/plural
View source editionFelix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Vulture · Heading 839; source line 5129 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of the vulture is unfortunate to all, except sick persons, to whom it foretells a speedy recovery.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Vulture · Dream section, heading 546; source lines 1968–1970 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of the vulture is unfortunate to all except sick persons, to whom it foretells a speedy recovery.
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
Vulture · Printed p. 262; NLM OCR lines 12416–12423 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
An evil dream of persons seeking to destroy your reputation, malevolent rivalry, revenge (Gypsy). Here the symbolism of the Scriptures is obvious; ancient Hebrews held the vulture in abhorrence, while in Egypt it was the symbol of maternity and of the protection of Isis.
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