Dream-Book of Manuel Palaiologos
[the prognoses (apodoses) are largely derived from puns on words]
p. |
# |
protasis |
apodosis |
597 |
1 |
living fish |
fear |
fishes praepared for cooking |
profit |
||
2 |
lobsters, crab, crayfish |
being harmed |
|
3 |
ring as pledge |
worthless business |
|
smashed ring |
violation of business |
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4 |
mice into & out of one’s house |
secret disclosed |
|
5 |
blind person in one’s house |
secret business |
|
598 |
blind person’s one eye open |
secret partly disclosed |
|
blind person’s both eyen open |
secret completely disclosed |
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6 |
hounds & asses |
enemies |
|
bitten by hound or ass while riding horse and then dismounted and was left alone far from army |
about to suffer harm at hands of enemies |
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7 |
wells, cisterns |
women |
|
drank water from well, cistern |
sweetness through woman |
||
washed in water from well, cistern |
discourse merely with her |
||
fountain or pool |
wealthy woman |
||
neither drank from nor washed in fountain or pool |
anxiety, worry because of the woman |
||
fell into well, cistern, or pool {Yosep} |
about to fall into danger because of a woman {Pot.ipar’s wife} |
||
599 |
8 |
carrying parasol & staff in royal palace |
harsh illness, but will recover |
9 |
eating hot bran-bread |
disease of costiveness |
|
eating cold bran-bread |
find lost profit |
||
eating cold white-bread |
sufficient profit |
||
eating hot white-bread |
will be sickly |
||
eating or distributing kubaroi-loaves |
idleness, abuse, being captured |
||
10 |
eagles |
tumults for kings |
|
600 |
partridges |
garrulous noble women |
|
doves |
true, honest designs |
||
crows |
deceitful women |
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swallows |
news, information from afar |
||
nightingale |
joy |
||
sparrows |
vagabond crowd, rabble |
||
impeded by numerous sparrows |
death at hands of commoners |
||
escaped from sparrows |
be delivered from the danger |
||
overpowered by sparrows |
struck down by populace |
||
601 |
11 |
riding swift horse |
hear good report |
sluggish, lame horse |
hear heart-breaking words |
||
riding an ass |
be promoted |
||
fell off the ass |
die or receive bad luck |
||
camel |
difficulties |
||
mule |
evil |
||
12 |
apples & apricots |
erotic affair |
|
602 |
Damascus-plums |
troublesome woman |
|
13 |
eating pomegranates |
illness |
|
figs |
slander, false accusations |
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14 |
very large trees |
noble men |
|
falling of very large trees |
death of noble men |
||
small trees |
paltry men |
||
roses |
erotic women |
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pears |
ill-success |
||
nut-trees |
well-bread women |
||
15 |
grape-vine |
family |
|
white grapes being gathered |
death of saecular person |
||
black grapes being gathered |
death of monk |
||
603 |
16 |
wine |
rancour |
onions, garlic, leeks, watercress |
vehemence |
||
17 |
garments of Franks, Tartars, Turks, Indians, Scythians |
freedom |
|
white garments |
good |
||
scarlet or red garments |
honor, esteem |
||
yellow, green, or black garments |
bitterness, anger |
||
deep purple |
glory |
||
18 |
belt |
power, strength |
|
loss of belt |
weakness, indolence |
||
sandals |
bonds |
||
sandals being thrown away |
freedom from evils |
||
19 |
one’s penis strong & erect |
strong & erect in activities |
|
one’s penis flaccid & contracted |
week, inactive |
||
20 |
many and longs hairs of head |
numerous worries, anxieties |
|
604 |
hairs of head fall out |
very great freedom |
|
beard |
family, gathering of friends |
||
beardlessness |
lost of family & friends |
||
21 |
nose |
honor |
|
nosebleed |
plans will undergo harm |
||
nosebleed from both nostrils |
plans will be totally ruined |
||
22 |
eyen |
friends & relatives |
|
losing one’s eye |
will be deprived of them |
||
23 |
phlebotomy |
loss in business capital |
|
24 |
sailing in boat |
will see corpse |
|
boarded large ship |
will be called by Emperor |
||
ship was struck by wave |
condemnation or murderer |
||
605 |
ship sailing well |
prosperity for ruler of country |
|
25 |
sword |
magnificence |
|
sword was lost |
undermining of glory |
||
wearing dagger |
put enemies to flight |
||
lost dagger |
reconciled with enemies |
||
dagger was broken |
be beaten by enemies |
||
26 |
large roll of white bread |
year-long trip with profit |
|
large roll of coarse bread |
year-long trip with distress |
||
small roll of bread |
month-long journey |
||
606 |
small kaletza |
week-long journey |
|
27 |
entered Hagia Sophia |
be amidst universal tumult |
|
entered other church |
be amidst lesser tumult |
||
carrying sword or branch inside church |
will receive trophies & triumph in the tumult |
||
icons of martyrs |
will battle in the tumult |
||
singing or playing lyre |
find great bitterness |
||
607 |
some with playing music |
will hear bitter news |
|
became a priest |
short trip |
||
priest came to see one’s self |
will have foreign visitor |
||
bishop spake with one’s self |
honorable commission from Emperor for trip |
||
fumigating someone with incense |
will grieve a death |
||
received Gospel-Book from bishop |
will hear honest words from distant magistrate |
||
28 |
fire brought into one’s home |
misfortune |
|
light of this fire |
wealth, repute |
||
extinguishment of this fire |
loss of profit in business |
||
608 |
29 |
candle |
woman |
candle was extinguished |
wife will lose her chastity |
||
candle was extinguished by a bird flying past it |
virgin will be seduced by a stranger |
||
coals completely burned |
harm from one’s enemies |
||
30 |
magnificently built houses |
great fortune for owners |
|
collapse of these houses |
owners’ misfortune |
||
31 |
acquired a wife |
honorable life-style |
|
wife shameless |
cheap & common life-style |
||
acquired wife unlawfully |
cling to cheap life-style |
||
acquired wife lovingly |
release from cheap life-style |
||
32 |
by woman of her beautifying herself |
illustrious in sight of her husband |
|
by woman of her holding mirror |
wondrous in her conduct |
||
609 |
33 |
sheep-meat without fat |
lawsuit and struggles |
sheep-meat with fat |
profit from lawsuit |
||
pork |
conspicuous profit |
||
beef |
trial with aid |
||
beef with fat |
trial bringing freedom |
||
olive-oil & linseed-oil |
distress |
||
milk |
obtaining of one’s hopes |
||
cheese |
anxiety, worry |
||
buttermilk |
calmness of mind |
||
cream & cream-cheese |
delightful |
||
34 |
flying just above the earth |
will be exalted at place where one dwelleth |
|
flying at a great height |
trip to foreign land where one will be considered honorable |
||
flying above the clouds |
will soon be deprived of life |
||
610 |
35 |
lost one’s parasol |
licentiousness |
36 |
received royal staff |
will obtain honor from Emperor |
|
37 |
sitting upon royal throne |
will obtain dominion |
|
honored with crown, diadem, and red sandals |
dishonor, persecutions, accusations |
||
38 |
dragon was poised for attack |
tyrant roaming, despot in strife |
|
dragon was wounded by thunder-bolt |
tyrant or despot will incur ruin |
||
611 |
was attacked by lizards |
will be attacked by the evil & hateful |
|
frogs were croaking |
the vulgar causing tumult |
||
39 |
kissing trees or plants |
will acquire a wife |
|
being praegnant |
will be sick 9 months |
||
gave birth to a child |
one’s misfortune will be disclosed |
||
40 |
kissing a woman’s young child |
will love that woman |
|
this child was baptized |
child will be submerged in water and die |
||
612 |
41 |
caught a rabbit |
will discover power and will rule |
caught live rabbit |
will tame people peaceably |
||
choked the rabbit to death |
will be ruined |
||
42 |
wolf entered one’s city |
great plague will kill citizens |
|
43 |
bees |
"rebellion by the commonality" |
|
44 |
sheep came into one’s house |
friends will stay with one |
|
goats came into one’s house |
ambassadors from other nations will stay at one’s house |
||
613 |
45 |
holding eggs |
will be away from his friends or kin that number of days |
cracked or ate the eggs |
will be impeded during journey |
||
46 |
saw in a graveyard bare bones |
about to fall into consternation |
Steven Michael Oberhelman : The Oneirocritic Literature of the Late Roman and Byzantine Eras of Greece. PhD diss, U of MN, 1981. pp. 597-618 = cap. xv.