Research case · People & kin
Angina, angina!
England · late 19th century
He dreamed that he was suffering severely in his chest, and that his doctor, on being called in, told him that he had angĭna pectoris.
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- Source
- The World of Dreams — Havelock Ellis, 1911. Case report
- Rights
- Public domain (US)
- Record type
- Research case
- Place
- England · British
- Date
- late 19th century
- Uncertainty
- Moderate — Dream of Archbishop Edward White Benson.
- Imagery
- A stranger · House
- Feelings
- Fear · Helplessness
How traditions have read this kind of dream
Psychological
Family members, friends and strangers populate most dreams. Freud read many such dreams as wishes in disguise; contemporary researchers emphasise continuity with waking relationships and concerns.
Freud, Dream Psychology (1920)
Mythological
Dreams in epic and scripture are often addressed to someone — a wife waiting for a husband, a son receiving a vision for his family — and are told aloud to be understood.
Odyssey XIX; Genesis 37
Chinese traditions
Confucius lamented that he no longer dreamed of the Duke of Zhou; in Chinese letters, dreaming of someone is a measure of how much they are on one’s mind.
Analects 7.5
These are cultural lenses, not a diagnosis.
Dreams that share its images
- Thou art but a dead man Gerar, Canaan · undated narrative
- The shop assistant who had moved England · before 1911
- The earthquake is coming Zurich, Switzerland · c. 1910
- Irma’s injection Bellevue, near Vienna · 23–24 July 1895
- Arise, and flee into Egypt Bethlehem → Egypt · c. 1st century (narrative)
- A man clothed with rags Bedford, England · written c. 1676, pub. 1678