Dream meanings · 6 old dream books

Dream about your mother: what 6 old dream books say

4 books that give a direction agree it is bad
Counted from 13 entries about this symbol · books that give no direction (such as Miller) don't count as a vote

🇹🇭 Thai · Royal dream records + Mahāsupina Jātaka

cows sucking the milk of calves born that selfsame daybad — In days to come respect shall cease to be paid to age; men shall show no reverence for parents or parents-in-law, shall administer the family estate themselves and give or withhold food and clothing to the old at their pleasure; the old folks, destitute, shall exist by favour of their own children, like big cows suckled by calves a day old. The king has nothing to fear therefrom. · direction as read by the translator

Source: Royal dream records (Vajirañāṇa Library, 1921) · Public domain (Thai Copyright Act 1994, s.19–20; via Wikisource)

🇮🇳 India · Svapnādhyāya (Purāṇas · Atharvaveda)

a cow with her calf leaving one's house in fearbad — Lakṣmī and the earth depart from that sinner · 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)

Mother — To see your mother in dreams as she appears in the home, signifies pleasing results from any enterprise. To hold her in conversation, you will soon have good news from interests you are anxious over. For a woman to dream of mother, signifies pleasant duties and connubial bliss. To see one's mother emaciated or dead, foretells sadness caused by death or dishonor. To hear your mother call you, denotes that you are derelict in your duties, and that you are pursuing the wrong course in business. To hear her cry as if in pain, omens her illness, or some affliction is menacing you.
Mother-in-law — To dream of your mother-in-law, denotes there will be pleasant reconciliations for you after some serious disagreement. For a woman to dispute with her mother-in-law, she will find that quarrelsome and unfeeling people will give her annoyance.
Widow — 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.

Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted — Gustavus Hindman Miller (1901) · Public domain (Gutenberg)

🇸🇪 Sweden · folk dream book

Mothermixed — Luck, if one thinks oneself a mother; to live together with her: calm; to speak with her: good news; to see her dead: danger to one's person or property · direction as read by the translator

Source: Den tillförlitligaste Drömboken (svensk drömbok) · Public domain (Gutenberg)

🏛️ Greek · Artemidorus (1881 German ed.)

Mother or wife lying sick in bedbad — Weak and insufficient earnings from business · direction as read by the translator
A stepmother, dead or alivebad — Brings no luck. If she harasses, scolds or harms the dreamer, it only increases his sufferings; if she behaves decently, it causes lesser evils; if she is kind in word and deed, it announces deceptive hopes, for a stepmother never loves her stepchild with her whole heart. · direction as read by the translator
being born again from one's mothergood — Returning home from abroad, he found his mother ill and inherited from her, passing from poverty to wealth through his mother. · direction as read by the translator

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

🇷🇺 Russia · Sonnik (1787 · 1811)

stepmotherbad — Seeing a stepmother is as unpleasant a dream as having one in waking life. · direction as read by the translator
stepmother appearing kind or cheerfulbad — This dream is somewhat dangerous. · direction as read by the translator
stepmother angrybad — We must expect evil and misfortune. · direction as read by the translator
kind words from a stepmotherbad — Signifies deception and vain hope in something. · 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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