A damson with a snail inside

England · before 1911

Thus a lady who dreamed that when walking with a friend she discovered a species of animal fruit, a kind of damson containing a snail, expressed her delight at finding a combination so admirably adapted to culinary purposes

Original text — The World of Dreams, Havelock Ellis

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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: before 1911
Uncertainty: Moderate — Reported in Havelock Ellis’s study of dreams.
Imagery: Food · Animals · Friend · Garden
Feelings: Joy · Wonder

How traditions have read this kind of dream

Psychological

Storms, mountains and gardens in dreams are often traced to the day’s impressions or the sleeper’s physical state — Ellis connected a dreamed cyclone to a windy night.

Ellis (1911), ch. IV

Mythological

Sacred mountains and world-trees connect earth and sky in many traditions, from Olympus to Yggdrasil to Mount Kunlun.

Comparative mythology

Chinese traditions

Landscape — mountains, rivers, mist — is the setting of countless Chinese dream journeys, where the dreamer’s wandering mirrors the shan-shui painting tradition.

Li Bai, Dreaming of Tianmu

These are cultural lenses, not a diagnosis.

Dreams that share its images

Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream! Oxford, England · 1865 (novel)
Planting fowls’ heads to grow chickens England · before 1911
Last night I dreamt we were at Simony Hut Aussee, Austria · summer 1896
A melon sweeter than any Luoyang, China · c. 60 CE (as told)
Strawberries, huckleberries, omelette Vienna, Austria · c. 1897
Into the Land of Illusion Beijing, China · c. 1760 (novel)