Dream meanings · 5 old dream books
Dream about a knife: what 5 old dream books say
The dream books disagree — China · Greek read it as good · Sweden 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
wounding yourself with your own blade or axegood — Greatly auspicious. (刀斧自傷大吉利) · direction from 吉/凶 in the original
wounding oneself with blade or axegood — greatly auspicious (刀斧自傷主大吉) · direction from 吉/凶 in the original
receiving a knife from someone — A traveler will arrive. (得人刀主行人至)
receiving a knife and axe from someone — Rank and emolument will come. (得人刀斧祿位至)
a knife falls into the water — The wife or concubine will die. (刀落水中妻妾亡)
Source: 周公解夢 · Public domain (Wikisource · {{Pd-old}})
🇺🇸 Western · Miller (1901)
Dagger — If seen in a dream, denotes threatening enemies. If you wrench the dagger from the hand of another, it denotes that you will be able to counteract the influence of your enemies and overcome misfortune.
Draw-knife — To see or use a draw-knife, portends unfulfiled hopes or desires. Some fair prospect will loom before you, only to go down in mistake and disappointment.
Knife — To dream of a knife is bad for the dreamer, as it portends separation and quarrels, and losses in affairs of a business character. To see rusty knives, means dissatisfaction, and complaints of those in the home, and separation of lovers. Sharp knives and highly polished, denotes worry. Foes are ever surrounding you. Broken knives, denotes defeat whatever the pursuit, whether in love or business. To dream that you are wounded with a knife, foretells domestic troubles, in which disobedient children will figure largely. To the unmarried, it denotes that disgrace may follow. To dream that you stab another with a knife, denotes baseness of character, and you should strive to cultivate a higher sense of right.
Razor — To dream of a razor, portends disagreements and contentions over troubles. To cut yourself with one, denotes that you will be unlucky in some deal which you are about to make. Fighting with a razor, foretells disappointing business, and that some one will keep you harassed almost beyond endurance. A broken or rusty one, brings unavoidable distress.
Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted — Gustavus Hindman Miller (1901) · Public domain (Gutenberg)
🇷🇺 Russia · Sonnik (1787 · 1811)
Knivesbad — A sign of deceit and lies · direction as read by the translator
woven or drawn gold on one's headgood — Signifies praise. · direction as read by the translator
Source: Сонник, или Истолкование снов (1787) · Public domain (printed 1787)