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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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Ermine

Ermine

Ermine — the costly white fur of high office — often touches exaltation, refinement, and a barrier raised between you and want. The dream may ask where elevation and lofty character are within reach, whether the purity the white fur signifies holds true or is soiled, and what association with wealth and polish is opening before you.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for ermine, 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 that you wear this beautiful and costly raiment, denotes exaltation, lofty character and wealth forming a barrier to want and misery.

To see others thus clothed, you will be associated with wealthy people, polished in literature and art.

For a lover to see his sweetheart clothed in ermine, is an omen of purity and faithfulness. If the ermine is soiled, the reverse is indicated.