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Search across 2,348 dream symbols drawn from the older dream books and the public archive. Each entry carries an original interpretive note for the contemporary dreamer.

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Dragon

Dragon

Dragons often represent the untamed forces within—passion, anger, or creative power that feels dangerous when unleashed. Perhaps the dream asks whether these fierce energies need controlling or simply understanding, whether they threaten to consume you or wait to be befriended.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for dragon, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

To dream of a dragon, denotes that you allow yourself to be governed by your passions, and that you are likely to place yourself in the power of your enemies through those outbursts of sardonic tendencies. You should be warned by this dream to cultivate self-control.

[57] See Devil.