Enemy
Enemies in dreams often point to internal conflicts rather than external threats — the parts of yourself you're refusing to recognize or integrate. When you dream of confrontation, perhaps the real question isn't who wins, but what unacknowledged tension you're finally allowing into consciousness.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for enemy, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream that you overcome enemies, denotes that you will surmount all difficulties in business, and enjoy the greatest prosperity.
If you are defamed by your enemies, it denotes that you will be threatened with failures in your work. You will be wise to use the utmost caution in proceeding in affairs of any moment.
To overcome your enemies in any form, signifies your gain. For them to get the better of you is ominous of adverse fortunes. This dream may be literal.
Fontaine, 1862
If you dream that some one is trying to injure you, or that a person who you know is your enemy endeavors to work to your disadvantage, it foretells good fortune and success. Such dreams always go by contrary, and you may calculate a benefit just in proportion to the injury you dream you are about to sustain.