Bats
Bats in a dream are creatures of dusk and ill omen in the old books — sorrows and calamities gathering, dark influences at work. The dream tends to touch what flutters at the edges of the light, half-seen and unsettling, and to ask what fears are circling us in the gathering dark.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for bats, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Awful is the fate of the unfortunate dreamer of this ugly animal. Sorrows and calamities from hosts of evil work against you. Death of parents and friends, loss of limbs or sight, may follow after a dream of these ghoulish monsters. A white bat is almost a sure sign of death. Often the death of a child follows this dream.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of a bat, or bats, is a sign you will go on a bootless journey, or one that is not satisfactory.