Widow
Widowhood in dreams often speaks to loss that reshapes identity — not only of a person, but of a former version of yourself or a chapter now closed. The dreamer may be mourning what was, or perhaps discovering unexpected strength in standing alone, unpartnered but not unmoored.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for widow, 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 that you are a widow, foretells that you will have many troubles through malicious persons.
For a man to dream that he marries a widow, denotes he will see some cherished undertaking crumble down in disappointment.
Fontaine, 1862
If a girl dreams that she is a widow, it foretells that she will have many lovers: such a dream to a married woman, denotes that some man beside her husband is in love with her.