32 motifs match “dreams”  ·  back to the chapters

• God of dreams. A499.5
• Origin of dreams. A1399.2
• Magic object induces dreams. D1584
• Charm induces dreams. D1584.1
• Interpreter of dreams. D1712.3
• Marvels seen in dreams. D1731.2
• Person dreams of spot where drowned body lies. D1810.8.2.2
• Warning in dreams. D1810.8.3
• Poets interpret dreams. (Cf. P427.7.) D1812.3.3.0.2
• Truest dreams at daybreak. D1812.3.3.1
• Soul wanders from body in sleep. Dreams explained as experiences of the soul on these wanderings. E721.1
• Demons fool men in their dreams. (Cf. G303.11.1.) G302.9.6
• Symbolic interpretations of dreams. H617
• 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
• 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
• The greedy dreamer. He dreams that he receives nine coins. He demands ten. He wakes and finds that he has dreamed. He is willing to accept the nine. J1473
• Imagined intercourse, imagined payment. A woman demands money for a visit which she dreams of having had from a merchant. She is shown the money in a mirror. J1551.1
• The blacksmith's and the horse-trader's dreams. They are forced to sleep together because of lack of room. The blacksmith tells the horsetrader that he often dreams that he is striking the bellows and that he may accidently strike him in the night. The horsetrader retaliates by dreaming that he is riding a horse and drives the spurs into the blacksmith. J1622
• Toad having found money daydreams and is run over. J2061.4
• Parson made to believe that he will bear a calf. In having his urine examined by a doctor, a cow's is substituted by mistake. (Or he dreams that he has borne a calf.) When a calf comes into the house he thinks that he has borne it. (Cf. J1734.1, K1955.2.) J2321.1
• Fool kissed in sleep. Dreams he is being kissed by fairy. Is really a pig. J2345
• Payment of the egg-white. A man dreams of an egg hanging under his bed. An interpreter demands half of what he finds as his fee for interpreting the dream. The man finds that the egg is a silver cup filled with gold crowns. He gives the interpreter part of the cup but none of the gold. The interpreter says, "He gave me some of the egg-white but none of the yolk." K249.2
• Supernatural personages seen in dreams advise opposing kings how each can overcome the other. K2035
• Prophecy through dreams. M302.7
• Dream of treasure on the bridge. A man dreams that if he goes to a distant city he will find treasure on a certain bridge. Finding no treasure, he tells his dream to a man who says that he too has dreamed of treasure at a certain place. He describes the place, which is the first man's home. When the latter returns home he finds the treasure. N531.1
• Man dreams of large jars full of wealth, which he can get if he will sacrifice his wife for the getting. N531.5
• Pools of underground oil discovered through dreams. (Cf. N531.) N597.1
• Lovers meet in their dreams. T11.3.1
• Miser dreams that he spends some money. Strangles himself in his sleep. W153.6
• The dream of marking the treasure. A man dreams that he finds treasure and that he marks the spot with his excrements. Only the latter part of the dream is true. X31
• Man dreams that he is rich. Finds cat's excrements. X31.1
• All devout women in hell. Devout woman and a priest retell their dreams. The priest has dreamed that all the devout women are to be found in hell. X438.1