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Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; or, What's in a Dream — Gustavus Hindman Miller (1901)

An A–Z dream dictionary by the American businessman Gustavus Hindman Miller, first published in 1901. It has entries for 2,251 dream images, from Abandon to Zoological Garden, and reads nearly every one as an omen of luck, loss, love or trouble, in the style of the popular dream books of its day.

Public-domain status

This edition was published in 1901, more than 95 years ago, so the text is in the public domain in the United States. Dreamlore uses the free Project Gutenberg edition (eBook #926), where you can read the whole book. Copyright rules differ in other countries.

How Dreamlore quotes it

Every entry is one page in the Dreamlore dream dictionary, and the app retrieves the entries that match the words of your dream. When a reading quotes the book, the quote is compared word for word with the passage it came from before you see it, and any quote that does not match exactly is removed. Nothing is paraphrased and presented as a quotation. More on how it works →

Sample passages

In our dreams we are closer to our real self than in waking life.

Fire is favorable to the dreamer if he does not get burned.

To see one building its web, foretells that you will be happy and secure in your own home.

To dream of building a house, you will make wise changes in your present affairs.

To dream of traveling alone, with a dog following you, foretells stanch friends and successful undertakings.

A note on reading it today

Miller's readings belong to 1901: they are omens, often about business, marriage and reputation, and sometimes describe women in terms nobody would use today. Dreamlore quotes them as history and as prompts for reflection, not as statements about what will happen.

Common dreams that quote this book

Dream about teeth falling outDream about snakesDream about being chasedDream about fallingDream about flyingDream about water or drowningDream about deathDream about being pregnantDream about spidersDream about a houseDream about a carDream about fireDream about a babyDream about your partner cheatingDream about a weddingDream about school or examsDream about a tornado or stormDream about a dogDream about being naked

Browse the dream dictionary A–Z →

Dreamlore and these pages are for reflection and curiosity. The books quoted here are old — Miller wrote in 1901 and his entries read as omens, and many of Freud's ideas are disputed today. Take them as a starting point for thinking about your own dream, not as prediction or advice.