Rat
Rats often appear when trust feels shaky — when someone close might not have your back, or when small betrayals accumulate in the shadows. Yet catching or confronting the rat in your dream can signal your own clarity cutting through deception, a moment when you see through what once unsettled you.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for rat, 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 rats, denotes that you will be deceived, and injured by your neighbors. Quarrels with your companions is also foreboded.
To catch rats, means you will scorn the baseness of others, and worthily outstrip your enemies.
To kill one, denotes your victory in any contest.
[184] See Mice.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of rats is a sign that thieves are around: if you see any of these animals, it shows that some friend will be robbed, but if you hear them gnawing, you will suffer a loss from robbery yourself.