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9 historical sources
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Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream
2,265 extracted source records
Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. No worldwide clearance is asserted. Gutenberg licence retained in the raw source.
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller
887 extracted source records
Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. Gutenberg licence retained; unrelated fortune-telling material excluded from entries.
The Interpretation of Dreams
167 extracted source records
The TCP transcription explicitly grants CC0 1.0 Universal reuse. Marked illegible gaps remain visible; long-s is normalized for display.
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller
590 extracted source records
Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. Complete source and Gutenberg licence retained. No worldwide clearance is asserted.
Fortunes and Dreams
482 extracted source records
Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. Complete source and Gutenberg licence retained. No worldwide clearance is asserted.
Everybody’s Book of Luck
243 extracted source records
Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. Complete source and Gutenberg licence retained. No worldwide clearance is asserted.
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams
44 extracted source records
Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. Complete source and Gutenberg licence retained. No worldwide clearance is asserted.
The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles
67 extracted source records
Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. Complete source and Gutenberg licence retained. No worldwide clearance is asserted.
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern
822 extracted source records
Original United States edition published in 1918; the original text is public domain in the USA because copyright has expired. Edition date is documented by NLM metadata and the original title/copyright pages. No worldwide clearance is asserted. OCR transcription retains historical claims and author attribution.
Modern life and personal reflection
425 original modern-life drafts explore contemporary situations through specific scenes and journal questions. Supporting references, where supplied, state their scope on the entry page. General research context does not establish a meaning for every image in a dream.
Research and further context
The Monk’s Great Illustrated Egyptian Dream-book
OCR review queue
Library of Congress collection identifies the book as public domain/free to reuse. Internet Archive OCR is retained for review; not auto-published because of substantial errors.
The Interpretation of Dreams
theory reference, not keyword dictionary
Gutenberg identifies this specific edition as public domain in the USA; not a licence for newer translations.
Psychology of the Unconscious
theory reference, not keyword dictionary
Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the USA. Later Jung works and modern translations are not included.
Understanding Sleep — general dream context, not a symbol interpretation
General background: waking experiences and emotion can enter dreams; the function of dreaming is not settled. Does not test or validate this entry’s symbolic reflections.
Revelation, chapter 13, verse 18 — a cultural association, not a dream interpretation
Revelation 13:18 identifies six hundred and sixty-six with the beast in this Biblical passage. This supports only the stated learned cultural association. It supplies no dream interpretation, curse, character judgment or forecast, and its commentary is not used to assign meanings to individual digits.
The USCCB page identifies copyright 2019–2026 USCCB. This entry paraphrases a limited passage; no permission to reproduce the translation or worldwide rights clearance is asserted.
Fever Dreams: An Online Study
Retrospective online survey; describes reported fever dreams, not a way to diagnose fever or interpret an individual dream.
Dreaming of a learning task is associated with enhanced sleep-dependent memory consolidation
Primary maze-learning experiment; task-related dream reports correlated with later performance. It does not show that a dream is an accurate memory or a solution.
Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences
Primary laboratory experiment on sound cueing and dream content; does not identify the source of any individual dream sound.
Green anaconda — animal background, not dream symbolism
Supports only the identified green-anaconda example and its aquatic setting, especially Physical Description and Native Habitat. Does not establish the behavior of every anaconda species, any interpretation of a dream, or the original scenarios.
Terror and bliss? Commonalities and distinctions between sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming, and their associations with waking life experiences
Primary survey and descriptive definitions; associations do not establish causes or symbolic meanings.
Are sleep paralysis and false awakenings different from REM sleep and from lucid REM sleep?
Small clinical EEG study, including two false-awakening episodes; supports the descriptive distinction, not a personal interpretation or diagnosis.
Deep-sea Giant Squid — Kraken story context only
The January 2010 museum article identifies Kraken among sea-monster tales inspired by finds of giant squid. Used only to identify the fictional-monster context, not to substantiate a dream interpretation, prediction, or complete folklore history.
Meteors & Meteorites Facts — terminology only
Factual terminology for meteors, meteor showers, and meteorites. Does not validate dream interpretations or the reflective meanings offered here.
Moose species profile — animal identification, not dream interpretation
General Description supports deer-family identification, the stated antler distinction and regional naming context. No population, hunting, safety, dream-symbol, personality or prediction claim is adopted.
Cephalopods — animal identification only
The Limbs section distinguishes octopus, with eight arms, from squid, with eight arms and two tentacles. Supports keeping these animal subjects separate; does not validate any dream meaning, personality analogy, or psychological conclusion.
About Mantids: Feeding — animal background, not symbolic evidence
Supports only the stated observations about many mantids waiting still and folded forelegs at rest. Does not establish prayer, supernatural significance, dream interpretation, or the behavior in the original scenarios.
Linking psychological need experiences to daily and recurring dreams
Two correlational studies of reported dreams and need experiences; not a universal meaning key or proof of causation.
APA Dictionary of Psychology — shadow in Jungian analytical psychology
Defines the shadow as a concept within Jungian analytical psychology, including rejected positive or negative qualities. Does not establish the symbolic interpretations or effectiveness of the original reflective exercises on this page.
How to Recognize Woodpeckers by Their Drumming Sounds — animal context
Supports only the distinction between loud rapid communication drumming and quieter feeding pecks, described in How and Why Do Woodpeckers Drum? Does not validate dream symbolism, hidden messages, the original scenarios, or claims about the dreamer.
1,135 Lebrecht OCR candidates remain in the review queue. 83 uncertain Craig records are held separately.
Vocabulary research
Princeton WordNet supports a separate vocabulary research dataset containing 116,966 lexical keywords, with 10,000 candidates in the editorial queue. Its dictionary senses are research material. They are not published as dream interpretations or automatically presented as other names for a symbol.
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