Son
A son seen handsome and dutiful once foretold proud satisfaction and high hopes met; a son maimed, ill, or fallen — as in the old image of the boy down the well, crying to be reached — foretold grief, unless he was pulled to safety and the danger passed. He carries what you have set your hopes on. Perhaps the dream asks what you fear for it, and whether saving it is within your reach.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for son, 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 your son, if you have one, as being handsome and dutiful, foretells that he will afford you proud satisfaction, and will aspire to high honors. If he is maimed, or suffering from illness or accident, there is trouble ahead for you.
For a mother to dream that her son has fallen to the bottom of a well, and she hears cries, it is a sign of deep grief, losses and sickness. If she rescues him, threatened danger will pass away unexpectedly.