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457 dream records from 84 public-domain and openly licensed works, each with its rights evidence. Browse by book or collection.

• Zhang & Wamsley 2019 dream EEG reports — krank curated text-only release v1 Jing Zhang and Erin J. Wamsley (research); Erin Wamsley, Jing Zhang and Megan Collins (archive); Remington Mallett / krank (text curation) · 2019 study; 2025 curated release · 93 records · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Taiping Guangji, dream volumes 276–282 Li Fang et al. (compilers) · 978 · 42 records · Public domain (ancient text)
• The World of Dreams Havelock Ellis · 1911 · 41 records · Public domain (US)
• Virtual reality as a metacognitive training tool for lucid dreaming — Supplementary Materials Andrea Signorelli, Francesco Tormen, Bruna Dal Bianco and Nicola De Pisapia · 2026 · 29 records · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Dreams and Dream-Stories, Part I: Dreams Anna Bonus Kingsford; edited by Edward Maitland · posthumous edition; dreams recorded c. 1876–1887 · 23 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Bible, King James Version Various · 1611 · 20 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Pausanias’ Description of Greece (Shilleto trans.) Pausanias; trans. A. R. Shilleto · c. 150 / 1886 (trans.) · 15 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Lives of the Twelve Caesars (Thomson trans., rev. Forester) Suetonius; trans. Alexander Thomson, rev. T. Forester · c. 121 / 1796 (trans.) · 15 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story (Tawney trans.) Somadeva; trans. C. H. Tawney · c. 1070 / 1880–84 (trans.) · 11 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends Henry Rowe Schoolcraft · 1856 · 9 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Ten Nights of Dreams, First Night Natsume Sōseki · 1908 · 9 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• In Search of the Supernatural, vol. 10 Gan Bao · c. 350 · 9 records · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Interpretation of Dreams (trans. A. A. Brill) Sigmund Freud; trans. A. A. Brill · 1913 · 8 records · Public domain (US)
• The History of Herodotus (trans. G. C. Macaulay) Herodotus; trans. G. C. Macaulay · 1890 (translation) · 7 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology (ed. Constance E. Long) C. G. Jung · 1916 (English ed.) · 7 records · Public domain (US)
• Dreams and Dream-Stories, Part II: Dream-Stories Anna Bonus Kingsford; edited by Edward Maitland · posthumous edition (1908 Project Gutenberg source edition) · 7 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Dryden trans., rev. Clough) Plutarch; trans. John Dryden et al., rev. A. H. Clough · c. 100 / 1859 (revision) · 6 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare · c. 1593–1607 · 5 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Thomas De Quincey · 1821 · 4 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa (Ganguli trans.) Vyasa (trad.); trans. Kisari Mohan Ganguli · ancient / 1883–96 (trans.) · 4 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Youyang Zazu, vol. 8 (Dreams) Duan Chengshi · c. 860 · 4 records · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Golden Asse (Adlington trans.) Apuleius; trans. William Adlington · c. 170 / 1566 (trans.) · 3 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1879–80 J. W. Powell (dir.), H. C. Yarrow et al. · 1881 · 3 records · Public domain (US)
• Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners (trans. M. D. Eder) Sigmund Freud; translated by M. D. Eder · 1920 · 3 records · Public domain (US)
• The Odyssey, Book XIX (trans. Samuel Butler) Homer; translated by Samuel Butler · 1900 (translation) · 3 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. II (McClure trans.) Gaston Maspero; trans. M. L. McClure · 1903–06 · 3 records · Public domain (US)
• The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII–XV (Riley trans.) Ovid; trans. Henry T. Riley · c. 8 / 1851 (trans.) · 3 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• A Chapter on Dreams, in Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays Robert Louis Stevenson · 1888 (essay) / 1892 (collection) · 3 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll · 1865 · 2 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Anabasis (trans. H. G. Dakyns) Xenophon; trans. H. G. Dakyns · c. 370 BCE / 1897 (translation) · 2 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Crime and Punishment (trans. Constance Garnett) Fyodor Dostoevsky; translated by Constance Garnett · 1866 (original) / 1914 (translation) · 2 records · Public domain (US)
• Indian Boyhood Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) · 1902 · 2 records · Public domain (US)
• The Iliad (trans. Samuel Butler) Homer; trans. Samuel Butler · 1898 (translation) · 2 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Liezi, King Mu of Zhou Lie Yukou (attributed) · compiled c. 4th century CE · 2 records · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Rámáyan of Válmíki (trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith) Valmiki; trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith · 1870–1874 (translation) · 2 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë · 1847 · 2 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana, vol. 1 (trans. Viharilala Mitra) Valmiki (attributed); trans. Viharilala Mitra · 1891 (translation) · 2 records · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Zhuangzi, On the Equality of Things Zhuang Zhou (attributed) · c. 3rd century BCE · 2 records · Public domain (ancient text)
• American Indian Stories Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) · 1921 · 2 records · Public domain (US)
• Zuo Zhuan, Duke Cheng Zuo Qiuming (attributed) · c. 4th century BCE · 2 records · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Aeneid (trans. John Dryden) Virgil; trans. John Dryden · 1697 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Four Plays of Aeschylus (trans. E. D. A. Morshead) Aeschylus; trans. E. D. A. Morshead · 472 BCE / 1908 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Anna Karenina (trans. Constance Garnett) Leo Tolstoy; trans. Constance Garnett · 1877 / 1901 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• The Confessions of St. Augustine (trans. E. B. Pusey) Augustine of Hippo; trans. E. B. Pusey · c. 400 / 1838 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Dreaming of Weizhi Bai Juyi · c. 815 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan · 1678 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 George Catlin · 1841 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Complete Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, vol. 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1816 (preface) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Dongpo Zhilin, vol. 1: Recording Dreams Su Shi · c. 1100 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Dreaming of Li Bai, I Du Fu · 759 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Soul of the Indian Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) · 1911 · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things — The Dream of Akinosuké Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) · 1904 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Dream of the Red Chamber, ch. 5 Cao Xueqin · c. 1760 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë · 1847 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Buddhist Birth Stories (trans. T. W. Rhys Davids) trans. T. W. Rhys Davids · 1880 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Psychology of the Unconscious (trans. Beatrice M. Hinkle) C. G. Jung; trans. Beatrice M. Hinkle · 1916 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• The Brothers Karamazov (trans. Constance Garnett) Fyodor Dostoevsky; trans. Constance Garnett · 1880 / 1912 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865 Ward Hill Lamon (ed. Dorothy Lamon Teillard) · 1895 · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• Dreaming of Mount Tianmu: A Farewell Li Bai · c. 745 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Liezi, The Yellow Emperor Lie Yukou (attributed) · compiled c. 4th century CE · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Dreaming of Heaven Li He · c. 810 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Fisherman’s Pride: Recording a Dream Li Qingzhao · c. 1130 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Lucian’s True History (Hickes trans.) Lucian of Samosata; trans. Francis Hickes · c. 170 / 1634 (trans.) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Analects, Book VII Disciples of Confucius · c. 5th–4th century BCE · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Storm on the Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month, II Lu You · 1192 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Night Roaming Palace: Recording a Dream Lu You · c. 1173 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Peony Pavilion, scene 10 Tang Xianzu · 1598 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• The Governor of Nanke Li Gongzuo · c. 802 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Diary of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys · 1660–1669 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri: Second Series W. M. Flinders Petrie (ed.) · 1895 · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• Crito (trans. Benjamin Jowett) Plato; trans. Benjamin Jowett · 1871 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Phaedo (trans. Benjamin Jowett) Plato; trans. Benjamin Jowett · 1871 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 78 Luo Guanzhong · 14th century; printed 1522 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Frankenstein (1831 edition), Author's Introduction Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 1831 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Gaozu Sima Qian · c. 94 BCE · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Book of Songs, “Si Gan” Anonymous · c. 9th–8th century BCE · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• To the Tune of Jiangchengzi: Recording a Dream on the 20th Night of the First Month Su Shi · 1075 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• The Upanishads (trans. Swami Paramananda) trans. Swami Paramananda · 1919 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• War and Peace (trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude) Leo Tolstoy; trans. L. & A. Maude · 1869 / 1922–23 (translation) · 1 record · Public domain (US)
• Journey to the West, ch. 10 Wu Cheng’en (attributed) · c. 1592 · 1 record · Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
• Reply to Letian, Who Often Dreams of Me Yuan Zhen · c. 815 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Xiao Chong Shan Yue Fei (attributed) · c. 1138 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• The World Inside a Pillow Shen Jiji · c. 780 · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)
• Zhuangzi, Perfect Happiness Zhuang Zhou (attributed) · c. 3rd century BCE · 1 record · Public domain (ancient text)

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