Wolf
A wolf in dreams often circles the question of trust — where you've placed it, whether it belongs there, or what part of yourself feels both wild and unwelcome. The dreamer may be sensing something predatory nearby, or perhaps recognizing their own fierce instincts that civilization asks them to keep leashed.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for wolf, 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 a wolf, shows that you have a thieving person in your employ, who will also betray secrets.
To kill one, denotes that you will defeat sly enemies who seek to overshadow you with disgrace. To hear the howl of a wolf, discovers to you a secret alliance to defeat you in honest competition.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of being chased by one of these animals, foretells that you will be cheated in a trade or bargain: if a girl dreams of being frightened by a wolf, it shows that her lover (if she has one) is a bad man, and she had better discard him; if she has no lover, some black-hearted fellow will try to make her acquaintance.