Dream meanings · 4 old dream books

Dream about hair: what 4 old dream books say

The dream books disagree — China read it as good · Greek · Russia read it as bad
Counted from 13 entries about this symbol · books that give no direction (such as Miller) don't count as a vote

🇨🇳 China · Zhougong Jiemeng

white hair on the headgood — long life, great fortune (頭白主長命大吉) · direction from 吉/凶 in the original
hair and beard turning white and falling — grief over children and descendants (頭鬚白落憂子孫)
hair and beard growing again — long life (頭鬚再生主長命)
loose hair covering the face — a lawsuit will arrive (披髮蓋面官訟至)

Source: 周公解夢 · Public domain (Wikisource · {{Pd-old}})

🇮🇳 India · Svapnādhyāya (Purāṇas · Atharvaveda)

hair, beard or nails falling outbad — grief arises · direction as read by the translator
being carried off with dishevelled hair to the south or westbad — inauspicious · direction as read by the translator
Grey hair appearinggood — Beneficial · direction as read by the translator
one's hair turned greygood — harbinger of good fortune · 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)

🏛️ Greek · Artemidorus (1881 German ed.)

Long but neglected, tangled hairbad — Reveals suffering and grief to all people · direction as read by the translator

Source: Artemidoros aus Daldis — Symbolik der Träume (German ed., 1881) · Public domain (printed 1881)

🇷🇺 Russia · Sonnik (1787 · 1811)

One's own hair uncombedbad — For everyone a sign of sorrow and grief, negligence and loss of position, and entanglement in affairs through one's own fault or through others. · direction as read by the translator
One's hair stiff like pig bristlesbad — Signifies all the danger to which that animal is exposed. · direction as read by the translator
hair lying flatbad — Foretells an evil time. · direction as read by the translator
thin and uneven hairbad — Foretells disorder in affairs, and also dearness of goods. · direction as read by the translator

Source: Сонник, или Истолкование снов (1787) · Public domain (printed 1787)

How to read this

Each dream book comes from a different culture and century, so the same symbol is often read in opposite ways. This page shows what each book says. It doesn't decide which one is right. Translations were made by AI from the originals, and the original text is kept on every line so you can check it.

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