Dream meanings · 6 old dream books

Dream about teeth / teeth falling out: what 6 old dream books say

4 books that give a direction agree it is bad
Counted from 39 entries about this symbol · books that give no direction (such as Miller) don't count as a vote

🇨🇳 China · Zhougong Jiemeng

teeth falling out by themselvesbad — ill for one's parents (齒自落者父母凶) · direction from 吉/凶 in the original
teeth falling out then growing again — children and descendants flourish (齒落更生子孫興)

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

🇮🇳 India · Svapnādhyāya (Purāṇas · Atharvaveda)

teeth, arm or head cut off; seeing broken objectsbad — they destroy a brother, father or son · direction as read by the translator
one's teeth being crushed, seeing oneself wanderingbad — loss of wealth and bodily pain · direction as read by the translator
broken teeth, hair falling outbad — loss of wealth or bodily pain · 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)

Teeth — An ordinary dream of teeth augurs an unpleasant contact with sickness, or disquieting people. If you dream that your teeth are loose, there will be failures and gloomy tidings. If the doctor pulls your tooth, you will have desperate illness, if not fatal; it will be lingering. To have them filled, you will recover lost valuables after much uneasiness. To clean or wash your teeth, foretells that some great struggle will be demanded of you in order to preserve your fortune. To dream that you are having a set of teeth made, denotes that severe crosses will fall upon you, and you will strive to throw them aside. If you lose your teeth, you will have burdens which will crush your pride and demolish your affairs. To dream that you have your teeth knocked out, denotes sudden misfortune. Either your business will suffer, or deaths or accidents will come close to you. To examine your teeth, warns you to be careful of your affairs, as enemies are lurking near you. If they appear decayed and snaggled, your business or health will suffer from intense strains. To dream of spitting out teeth, portends personal sickness, or sickness in your immediate family. Imperfect teeth is one of the worst dreams. It is full of mishaps for the dreamer. A loss of estates, failure of persons to carry out their plans and desires, bad health, depressed conditions of the nervous system for even healthy persons. For one tooth to fall out, foretells disagreeable news; if two, it denotes unhappy states that the
Toothless — To dream that you are toothless, denotes your inability to advance your interests, and ill health will cast goom{sic} over your prospects. To see others toothless, foretells that enemies are trying in vain to calumniate you.

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

🇸🇪 Sweden · folk dream book

Toothmixed — To pull one out: fear of an insult; to lose a tooth without the loss of a drop of blood foretells death before long; to think one's teeth more beautiful than usual: good fortune; if a tooth falls out: loss of a friend; if one is larger than all the others: family sorrows and adversity. · direction as read by the translator

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

🏛️ Greek · Artemidorus (1881 German ed.)

Losing a toothbad — Loss of the person the tooth symbolizes (upper row = the more eminent members of the household, lower row = the less important; right = men, left = women; incisors = the young, canines = the middle-aged, molars = the elderly). Teeth also stand for possessions, so their falling out signals loss of goods: molars = valuables, canines = less valuable things, incisors = household utensils · direction as read by the translator
Teeth falling out (for a debtor)mixed — Repayment of loans: one tooth = repaying one creditor or many at once; many teeth = repaying many, or one creditor several times. Painless loss = the debt will be met through diligence and work; painful loss = by selling off some household item · direction as read by the translator
Front teeth falling outbad — Makes it impossible to accomplish an undertaking by means of speech · direction as read by the translator
Teeth falling out with pain, bleeding or receding gumsmixed — Destroys what has been accomplished and ruins the work at hand; a painless loss merely causes delays to planned undertakings · direction as read by the translator
All teeth falling outmixed — For the healthy, the free and those not engaged in trade: the whole house will become desolate. For the sick: long illness and wasting, but assurance that they will stay alive. For a slave: freedom. For merchants: quick sale of their goods, especially goods already shipped · direction as read by the translator
Teeth multiplying and growing larger toward one sidebad — Discord will arise in the dreamer's household · direction as read by the translator

Source: Artemidoros aus Daldis — Symbolik der Träume (German ed., 1881) · Public domain (printed 1881) · 2 more in this book

🇷🇺 Russia · Sonnik (1787 · 1811)

Teeth falling out from illnessgood — means well-being · direction as read by the translator
Black, hollow, foul teeth falling outgood — means good success in one's affair and a beneficial end to misfortunes · direction as read by the translator
A healthy tooth falling outbad — foretells the death of a relative by marriage or of a friend · direction as read by the translator
a tooth falling outbad — one must expect to lose the person that tooth signifies (right teeth elders, left teeth juniors, front teeth the young of the house, molars the older) · direction as read by the translator
a tooth falling out (as property)bad — loss of the things that tooth signifies: large molars are treasures and hidden riches, pointed teeth ordinary cheap things, front teeth household goods or finery · direction as read by the translator
front teeth falling outbad — an obstacle, and nothing we say will help our affair · direction as read by the translator

Source: Сонник, или Истолкование снов (1787) · Public domain (printed 1787) · 17 more in this book

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