Killing
Killing in a dream often touches the gravest acts of will — sorrow and failure if a defenceless one falls, victory and rise if you slay in defence or fell a ferocious beast. The dream may ask what you feel driven to end, whether the force you're exerting is unjust or rightful, and how it mirrors a decisive, irreversible move you weigh.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for killing, 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 of killing a defenseless man, prognosticates sorrow and failure in affairs.
If you kill one in defense, or kill a ferocious beast, it denotes victory and a rise in position.