Miller wrote: “To dream of a whip, signifies unhappy dissensions and unfortunate and formidable friendships.” Compare 2 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
Whip · Heading 2205; source lines 24257–24262 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a whip, signifies unhappy dissensions and unfortunate and formidable friendships.
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
Whip · Printed p. 264; NLM OCR lines 12528–12531 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of whipping an animal denotes sorrow to you; to dream of being whipped augurs scandal (Gypsy). A symbol of martyrdom.
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