Towns in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin and Ibn Shahin

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Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

TO dream to see Towns whereto one resorts, is better then to see strange towns;

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

especially if they be townes of his own Country, and those wherein one hath had good fortune and prosperity:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

and above all, it is good to see them well peopled, and filled with inhabitants, goods, and Merchandise: by which things one may know the honor and riches of the towns.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Parents also are signified by the towns where we make our residence.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

A man dreamt that his Country, and the place where he was born, was faln down, and ruinated by an Earthquake, and his father was condemned to death, and executed.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Kinds and conditions of Towns

cities and towns

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

The obstruction of one's occupations and failure to attain what is sought.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 102

And the vision of Marw is not praiseworthy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 102

town clerk

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

to be a Towne-Clarke, is to do another mans worke with pain void of profit:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

to the sick, it is death:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

hearing a voice (promise of supping in a besieged town)

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

AMilcar, Collonel to the Carthaginians, when he had besieged Syracu •• , • Towne of Cicile; in his dream seemed to heare a voyce▪ which sayd unto him that the next day he should sup in the same town. He joyfull of this good news, thought that God had promised him victory, put his camp in arms, and thinking to give an assault and take the town, there fell a mutiny in his Camp, between the Carthaginians and the Cicilians, so that those of the town making a suddain salley, took him prisoner, and made him perforce sup in theyr Town. So then much deceived of his ho • es which he conceived by his dream, he supped in the same Town as a Captive, not as a Captain: as he hoped, and his attempt presupposed.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fifth Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

town crier

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

The town crier is a man who divulges secrets.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 269–272

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