Research case · Nature & weather
Rome half veiled in mist
Vienna, Austria · c. 1897
On another occasion some one is leading me upon a hill and showing me Rome half enveloped in mist, and so far in the distance that I am astonished at the distinctness of the view.
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- Source
- The Interpretation of Dreams (trans. A. A. Brill) — Sigmund Freud; trans. A. A. Brill, 1913. Ch. V
- Rights
- Public domain (US)
- Record type
- Research case
- Place
- Vienna, Austria · Austrian
- Date
- c. 1897
- Uncertainty
- Low
- Imagery
- City · Mountain · A stranger · Heights
- Feelings
- Longing · 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
- I dream only of strangers, not of you Tongzhou (Dazhou), China · c. 815
- Heaven did not seem to be my home Yorkshire moors, England · 1847 (novel)
- Cherry stones beside the pillow Tang China · c. 850
- Seeing Rome from the train, never entering Vienna, Austria · c. 1897
- The window with cypress and mallows Mount Tiantai, Zhejiang, China · c. 900
- Where she last saw him Vienna, Austria · c. 1900