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- God of dreams. A499.5
- Origin of dreams. A1399.2
- Origin of castes from instructions received in dream. A1651.1
- Tabu: disregarding dream warning against marriage. C168
- Woman marries in spite of warning dream. Bears blind child who soon dies. C168.1
- Disenchantment by obeying directions received in a dream. D753.3
- Magic object received from lady in dream. (Cf. D825.) D812.8
- Magic object received from giantess in dream. D812.8.1
- Magic object received from man in dream. D812.8.2
- Magic sword received from dwarf in dream. D812.12.1
- Magic object induces dreams. D1584
- Charm induces dreams. D1584.1
- Interpreter of dreams. D1712.3
- Magic power received in dream. D1731
- Song learned in dream. (Cf. D1275.) D1731.1
- Marvels seen in dreams. D1731.2
- Fairy seen in dream. (Cf. F471.2, K2035.) D1731.2.1
- (Dream of) rock-casting contest. (Cf. A966.1, D931.) D1731.3
- Magic knowledge from dream. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1, D1814.2, D1817.2.1, D1819.2.) D1810.8
- Information received through dream. D1810.8.2
- Dream shows where stolen girl is hidden. D1810.8.2.1
- Person dreams of spot where drowned body lies. D1810.8.2.2
- Murder made known in a dream. D1810.8.2.3
- Dream tells of safety of absent person who has been in danger. D1810.8.2.4
- Raja told in a dream the stranger he seeks to destroy is his own son. D1810.8.2.5
- Warning in dreams. D1810.8.3
- Warning in dream fulfilled. D1810.8.3.1
- Dream warns of illness or injury. The dream is fulfilled. D1810.8.3.1.1
- Dream warns of danger which will happen in near future. Because of advance knowledge, the danger is averted. D1810.8.3.2
- Solution to problem is discovered in dream. D1810.8.4
- Future revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1.) D1812.3.3
- Druid interprets prophetic dream. (Cf. D1711.4, D1812.3.3.5.) D1812.3.3.0.1
- Poets interpret dreams. (Cf. P427.7.) D1812.3.3.0.2
- Dream interpreter corrects dream. D1812.3.3.0.3
- Truest dreams at daybreak. D1812.3.3.1
- Fortune-telling dream induced by sleeping in extraordinary place (position). D1812.3.3.2
- Prophetic dream induced by incantation. (Cf. D1799.3.) D1812.3.3.3
- Prophetic dream loses force after a year. D1812.3.3.4
- Prophetic dream allegorical. (Cf. D1812.3.3.0.1., V515.) D1812.3.3.5
- Allegorical dream: ripe and unripe ears, fat and lean kine. D1812.3.3.5.1
- Prophetic dream induced by eating meat of bull. D1812.3.3.6
- Dream by a (pregnant) woman about fate of her unborn child. D1812.3.3.8
- Future husband (wife) revealed in dream. D1812.3.3.9
- Dream interpreted by opposites. D1812.3.3.10
- Death of another revealed in dream. D1812.3.3.11
- Blood (in dream) as omen of killing. D1812.5.1.1.3
- Bad dream as evil omen. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1813.1.) D1812.5.1.2
- Dream shows events in distant place. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) D1813.1
- Dream warns emperor of wife's unfaithfulness. D1813.1.1
- Dream warns king of error in judgment. D1813.1.2
- Dream warns king of danger to kingdom. D1813.1.3
- Dream reveals death of brother. (Cf. D1812.3.3, D1812.5.1.2.) D1813.1.4
- Dream reveals to girl death of her lover. D1813.1.5
- Dream shows others in danger. D1813.1.6
- Advice from dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) D1814.2
- Location of fountain revealed in dream. (Cf. D925, D925.1, D1731.) D1816.1
- Dream reveals sin to saint. (Cf. D1810.8.) D1817.2.1
- Deception revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) D1819.2
- Man is able to tell king dream which king himself does not remember. D1819.7
- Cure after following instructions received from saint in dream. D2161.4.0.1
- Souls of human beings seen in dream. E720.1
- Soul wanders from body in sleep. Dreams explained as experiences of the soul on these wanderings. E721.1
- Soul in form of hawk, or falcon seen in dream. (Cf. E720.1.) E732.9
- Journey to otherworld as dream or vision. F1
- Child from dreamed sex relations with mountain-woman. F460.4.1.2.1
- Dream demons. F471
- Nightmare (Alp). Presses person in dream. F471.1
- Strong hero son of man and troll-woman. Relations take place in dream. F611.1.13
- Skillful painter. Can paint from description of a dream. F674
- Biting fingers to see if one is dreaming. F1041.13
- King about to kill foster-son due to his evil explanation of dream; both jump into sea and are drowned. F1041.16.7
- Realistic dream. F1068
- Tokens from a dream. Man brings objects received during dream. F1068.1
- Wound received in dream. Still there when person wakes. F1068.2
- Man is maltreated in dream so that he feels it next day. F1068.2.1
- Fight in dream with real result. F1068.2.2
- Demons fool men in their dreams. (Cf. G303.11.1.) G302.9.6
- The devil advises a suspicious husband. The Ring of Hans Garvel. Appears in a dream and hands the husband a ring. "When you wear this ring you will be sure of your wife." He awakens to understand the obscene implication. G303.9.7.3
- Recognition from dream. H24
- Symbolic interpretations of dreams. H617
- Task: recalling a dream someone else has had. H1042
- Quest assigned because of feigned dream. H1212.1
- Quest assigned because of dream. H1217
- Quest for explanation of dream. H1217.1
- Quest for marvelous thing seen in dream. H1229.3
- Quest for things seen in dream. H1320.2
- Quest for girl hero has seen in dream. H1381.3.1.2.2
- Test of steadfastness of love for God: though warned in dream man refuses to part with sacred stone. H1573.5
- Wisdom (knowledge) from dream. J157
- Deity appears in dream and gives instructions or advice. J157.0.1
- Wisdom from dream: the leper with the cup of water. Man in dream willing to receive sacrament from unworthy priest. J157.1
- Fate of parents revealed in dream. Mother shown in Hell; father in Heaven. J157.2
- Dream advises against the popularizing of science. J157.3
- King who experiences the cultural civilization of an empire in dream would rather be poor and primitive. J245.2
- Page dreams of being king. Master asks: "What would you do for me if you were king?" Answer: "Give you 100 ducats." Master beats him for insufficient consideration. J955.2.1
- Detection through feigned dream. J1147
- Husband relates his wife's adultery in pretended dream. She dies from fright. J1147.1
- "Then I woke up": man discredits his confession by declaring it all a dream. J1155
- Monk's cordon cannot stand the strain. Franciscan claims that his cordon will save him from Hell. Benedictine answers that he once had a dream in which he saw St. Francis throw his cordon to save members of his order in Purgatory and so many clung to it that it snapped. (Cf. Q291.1.) J1261.8
- The tailor's dream. A tailor dreams that at Judgment Day he sees a flag made up of all the pieces of cloth he has stolen Upon waking he asks his servants to warn him if they ever see him tempted to steal again. This happens. He replies, "The piece I am about to steal does not fit into the flag." J1401