Dream meanings · 6 old dream books
Dream about a baby or child: what 6 old dream books say
The dream books disagree — China · India read it as good · Greek · Russia read it as bad
Counted from 25 entries about this symbol · books that give no direction (such as Miller) don't count as a vote
🇨🇳 China · Zhougong Jiemeng
a newborn childgood — greatly auspicious (新生男女主大吉) · direction from 吉/凶 in the original
a small child dying — there will be quarrels (小兒死者主口舌)
Source: 周公解夢 · Public domain (Wikisource · {{Pd-old}})
🇮🇳 India · Svapnādhyāya (Purāṇas · Atharvaveda)
A pleased eight-year-old girl adorned with jewelsgood — Will become a poet and scholar · direction as read by the translator
That girl giving a bookgood — Will become a world-famous chief of poets and lord of scholars · direction as read by the translator
Source: Svapnādhyāya — Atharvaveda Pariśiṣṭa 68 · Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa 77/82 (Sanskrit) · Ancient text, public domain · transcription from sa.wikisource (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🇺🇸 Western · Miller (1901)
Children — ``Dream of children sweet and fair, To you will come suave debonair, Fortune robed in shining dress, Bearing wealth and happiness.'' To dream of seeing many beautiful children is portentous of great prosperity and blessings. For a mother to dream of seeing her child sick from slight cause, she may see it enjoying robust health, but trifles of another nature may harass her. To see children working or studying, denotes peaceful times and general prosperity. To dream of seeing your child desperately ill or dead, you have much to fear, for its welfare is sadly threatened. To dream of your dead child, denotes worry and disappointment in the near future. To dream of seeing disappointed children, denotes trouble from enemies, and anxious forebodings from underhanded work of seemingly friendly people. To romp and play with children, denotes that all your speculating and love enterprises will prevail.
Girls — To dream of seeing a well, bright-looking girl, foretells pleasing prospects and domestic joys. If she is thin and pale, it denotes that you will have an invalid in your family, and much unpleasantness. For a man to dream that he is a girl, he will be weak-minded, or become an actor and play female parts.
Orphan — Condoling with orphans in a dream, means that the unhappy cares of others will touch your sympathies and cause you to sacrifice much personal enjoyment. If the orphans be related to you, new duties will come into your life, causing estrangement from friends ant from some person held above mere friendly liking.
Page — To see a page, denotes that you will contract a hasty union with one unsuited to you. You will fail to control your romantic impulses. If a young woman dreams she acts as a page, it denotes that she is likely to participate in some foolish escapade.
Waif — To dream of a waif, denotes personal difficulties, and especial ill-luck in business.
Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted — Gustavus Hindman Miller (1901) · Public domain (Gutenberg)
🇸🇪 Sweden · folk dream book
Childbad — A treacherous proposal. To see a child take the breast means sickness; if the dreamer's wife is pregnant, it means the child will have poor health; if a woman dreams it, it means she will become pregnant with a girl, or else an impending misfortune; to see several children and talk with them: injustice · direction as read by the translator
Girlgood — Pleasures. · direction as read by the translator
Source: Den tillförlitligaste Drömboken (svensk drömbok) · Public domain (Gutenberg)
🏛️ Greek · Artemidorus (1881 German ed.)
a small child having a beardbad — Death. · direction as read by the translator
a boy turning into a youth, a youth into a man, or a man into an old mangood — brings good fortune, since each is a change to a more honoured age · direction as read by the translator
A boy beating a man at wrestlingmixed — A good omen for a boy, who will achieve great things beyond expectation; but not good for a boy athlete, as he will not be entered in the contest lists · direction as read by the translator
male childrenmixed — bring blessing, but are also a symbol of worries · direction as read by the translator
female childrenbad — bring misfortune, and are a symbol of worries · direction as read by the translator
children and young peoplemixed — more favourable than old men for undertakings; for matters of trust, men and old men are the better omen, unless they do or say something untoward · direction as read by the translator
Source: Artemidoros aus Daldis — Symbolik der Träume (German ed., 1881) · Public domain (printed 1881) · 1 more in this book
🇷🇺 Russia · Sonnik (1787 · 1811)
Boys (male children)mixed — A bad beginning with a good end. · direction as read by the translator
Girls (female children)bad — A bad end to a good beginning, and usually a loss. · direction as read by the translator
Boys and girls appearing togetherbad — Signifies worry. · direction as read by the translator
A child dreaming he is grey-haired and oldbad — Threatens him with death, or at least a grave illness. · direction as read by the translator
Children showing things unfitting their age (a beard, grey hair or baldness on a boy; a small girl's wedding or childbirth)bad — A bad dream foretelling their death. · direction as read by the translator
Children playing dice, cards or another gamegood — Not a bad dream, since games are usual for children and they pass their time with them. · direction as read by the translator
Source: Сонник, или Истолкование снов (1787) · Public domain (printed 1787) · 1 more in this book