Funeral
Funerals in dreams often mark transitions rather than endings—the quiet ceremonial close of one chapter before another begins. Whether the feeling carries grief or strange relief may hint at what you're ready to release, or what change you're reluctant to name aloud.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for funeral, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see a funeral, denotes an unhappy marriage and sickly offspring.
To dream of the funeral of a stranger, denotes unexpected worries. To see the funeral of your child, may denote the health of your family, but very grave disappointments may follow from a friendly source.
To attend a funeral in black, foretells an early widowhood. To dream of the funeral of any relative, denotes nervous troubles and family worries.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of attending a funeral shows that you will probably be soon at a wedding or some gay party. If, in your dream, you see a funeral pass, it denotes a pleasure party out of doors, such as a pic-nic or excursion.