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Puns in dream omens (2)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore



 		Keywords
dreams
omens
Period
2nd century CE
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Roman Empire 		Channel
Jewish philosophers and scholars
Neo-Assyrian texts
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Dream-Book (Assyrian) 10.10+13:
If a man dreams that he is eating a raven (āribu), he will have income (irbu). If a man dreams he is eating human flesh (šêru), he will have great riches (šarû).

Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 56b-57a:
If one sees an elephant (pīl) in a dream, wonders (pelāˀōt) will be wrought for him.

Artemidorus, Oneirocritica 96:
A wolf (lykos) signifies a year (lykabas) because of its name.

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Artemidorus, Oneirocritica 96
Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 56b-57a
Dream-Book (Assyrian) 10.10+13

Bibliography

Noegel 2002, 168-171Noegel, Scott B. “Dreaming and Ideology of Mantics. Homer and Ancient Near Eastern Oneiromancy.” In: A. Panaino and G. Pettinato (eds.). Ideologies as Intercultural Phenomena. Melammu Symposia 3. Milan: Universita di Bologna & IsIAO 2002, 167-181. [PDF]

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Cf. Puns in dream omens (1)

Amar Annus


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