Online Dream Dictionary
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An online dream dictionary will help you interpret the different images you have in dreams, particularly specific images. What does it mean when you dream of standing naked in front of a crowd? Dream dictionaries are intended to help you figure it out.
History of Dream Interpretation
Dream interpretation has been around longer than the written word. In Egyptian writings as far back as about 2500 BC, there are stories about priests interpreting dreams; in the Bible, Joseph worked his way out of slavery in Egypt by interpreting the dreams of the Pharaoh. Besides this very significant incident, there are over seven hundred other mentions of dream interpretation in the Bible.
Later, dreams were seen as prophetic and, often, as messages from God. Primitive tribes still view the dream world as a real place just like the world we can see and touch, and there are many cultures in the world that ascribe a high degree of importance to dreams.
In the West, though, by the 19th century, dreams had been discredited, ascribed to physical complaints or anxiety. Freud, and later his student Carl Jung, revived the belief in the importance of dreams. Today, many psychotherapists are as interested in your dreams as the things that happened today or in your childhood.
Online Dream Dictionary Options
Dreammoods Dream Dictionary
By far the best online dream dictionary is Dreammoods. Not only do they have a remarkably complete and detailed searchable dictionary, they also have a number of other great dream interpretation tools available to you, including scientific research behind dreams, a short history of dream interpretation, the differences between types of dreams, and a large forum. This should be your first stop on your trip through dream dictionaries online.
Maljonic's Dream Dictionary
Maljonic's Dream Dictionary is also a good resource for dream interpretation, but it has some bizarre links on the page. Regardless, the dream references are complete and clear, and there are many of them.
Sleeps.Com Dream Dictionary
The Sleeps.com online dream dictionary is primarily a selling tool on this site, but the dictionary itself is complete. This is a dictionary to try if the other ones don't work for you.
Dream Lover Inc.
At first glance, this site looks like just another dream dictionary, but don't discount it. Dream Lover Inc.'s dream definitions are surprisingly well-thought out. The list of dream symbols is small, but growing. Even though it doesn't have a lot of the bells and whistles of other sites, Dream Lover Inc. is definitely worth a look.
Comments
Some dream dictionaries suggest that dreaming about losing your hair means that you're worried about aging. You can also find more hair-related dream interpretations at this site - http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/DreamDictionary_Hair/id/236955.
-- Contributed by: Lorie WitkopHi there last week I had a dream that my hair was falling out in clumps. What do you feel this suggest?
-- Contributed by: ChristineThat certainly sounds like an interesting but creepy dream. Thanks for sharing with us! If you're looking for interpretation ideas, most dream dictionaries seem to relate ghosts to either fears or hidden aspects of the dreamer's psyche. Perhaps the idea of bringing back the dead in your dream refers to dredging up some old fears or some truths about yourself you don't want to confront? Most entries for windows in dream dictionaries refer to the positive side of things - looking out a window at all the possibilities. Since you're trying to close the windows, maybe you're afraid to face the possibilities the "ghosts" will bring?
However, these are just my thoughts. You can probably come up with meanings that are much more relevant to your life if you look up the pieces of your dream at the online dictionaries we have listed.
-- Contributed by: Lorie WitkopThis page has been accessed 2,068 times. This page was last modified 17:53, 26 August 2007.
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