Miller wrote: “To dream of the wind blowing softly and sadly upon you, signifies that great fortune will come to you…” Compare 3 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
Wind · Heading 2221; source lines 24400–24416 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of the wind blowing softly and sadly upon you, signifies that great fortune will come to you through bereavement.
If you hear the wind soughing, denotes that you will wander in estrangement from one whose life is empty without you.
To walk briskly against a brisk wind, foretells that you will courageously resist temptation and pursue fortune with a determination not easily put aside. For the wind to blow you along against your wishes, portends failure in business undertakings and disappointments in love. If the wind blows you in the direction you wish to go you will find unexpected and helpful allies, or that you have natural advantages over a rival or competitor.
Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of the Windes. · Book 2, encoded section 100 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
GEntle windes are good, violent, are wicked, and evill people: troublesome tempests of winde, are perils and troubles.
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
Wind · Printed p. 264–265; NLM OCR lines 12565–12572 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A moderate breeze is a dream of joyful tidings; strong- winds augur crosses in love and in all matters (Gypsy).
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