Parrot
A parrot often speaks to the echo-chamber of social life — words that repeat without weight, charm that masks uncertainty, the bright noise of connection that sometimes drowns out truth. Perhaps the dream asks which voices you've internalized, and whether mimicry has replaced something more authentic you've been meaning to say.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for parrot, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Parrots chattering in your dreams, signifies frivolous employments and idle gossip among your friends.
To see them in repose, denotes a peaceful intermission of family broils.
For a young woman to dream that she owns a parrot, denotes that her lover will believe her to be quarrelsome.
To teach a parrot, you will have trouble in your private affairs.
A dead parrot, foretells the loss of social friends.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream that you are pleased with the chattering of one of these birds, is a sign that some deceitful person will flatter you: if an engaged young girl has such a dream, she should look sharp to the antecedents of her lover before marriage, as it is ten to one that he is not worthy of her confidence: the dream may, however, point to some other flatterer.