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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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Nakedness

Nakedness

Nakedness in dreams often signals vulnerability—a fear of exposure or judgment, the sense that some hidden part of you might be seen. Yet it can also carry relief, the quiet comfort of being known without pretense, or perhaps the startling freedom that comes when there's nothing left to hide.

Fontaine 1862
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What the old dream-books say

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

Fontaine, 1862

The Golden Wheel Dream-book

To dream you see a man naked, signifies fear and terror: to dream you see a woman naked, signifies honor and joy, provided she be fair-skinned and handsome; but if she is crooked, old, wrinkled, or otherwise ill made, and black withal, it signifies shame, repentance, and ill luck. For a woman to dream she sees her husband naked, signifies success in her enterprises and a good number of children.