Since ancient times, people have believed in the mystical origin of dreams and their enormous influence on human life. They passed on their beliefs and knowledge from generation to generation through fairy tales, legends, songs and sayings. By analyzing folk wisdom, the Small Veles Dream Book was compiled, in which the mystical meanings of visions are closely intertwined with modern reality.
Features of the dream book
The Small Velesov Dream Book is a collection of symbolic interpretations that are rooted in the deep past. It accumulates images that were contained in myths, legends, tales, songs, proverbs, signs and rituals. The basis of this dream book is the wisdom of our ancestors, which is now unfairly forgotten. Over the centuries, people have noticed that dreams are subordinated to a single basis, similar visions are accompanied by similar events in reality. But there is always room for exceptions.
When interpreting dreams, you must first of all rely on your own beliefs and feelings. What is important is not so much the image from the dream itself, not so much the interpretation from the dream book, but rather your attitude towards it. That is, you need to interpret dreams not as prescribed, but as you feel. If you have some special attitude towards individual things or phenomena, then it prevails over the standard generally accepted interpretation.
Who is Veles
The name of the dream book is associated with the name of Veles, one of the central deities of pagan mythology. He has many guises. He was considered the god of wealth, and the embodiment of wisdom, and the guardian of livestock, and the ruler of the animal world, and the patron of travelers, and the ruler of the underworld, and the lord of the waters, and the leader of the spirits of nature.
Veles is also revered as a god-magician, a god-miracle worker. Everything related to magic, sorcery and clairvoyance is under his protection. In addition, the ancient Slavs were sure that it was Veles who was responsible for dreams. It is he who decides what vision will come to this or that person. He sent meaningful prophetic dreams to people leading an honest, righteous life. And those who sinned and dissipated were given meaningless or nightmarish visions.
The history of the appearance of Maly Velesov Dream Interpretation
According to the ancient Slavs, all dreams are under the control of an authoritative deity, and his name is Veles. This explains the name of the Dream Interpretation.
It is Veles who decides who will see what in their dreams. If a person lives without sins, he is visited by good dreams. If the situation is the other way around, Veles sends exciting or frightening scenes to the dreamer.
Veles's dream book was not formed overnight. Many generations of Slavs were engaged in filling it. Now we have before us not just a collection for the interpretation of dreams, but also a striking example of the formation of the Slavic ethnic group.
The Legend of Veles
According to the Old Slavic legend, after sunset the god Veles descended to earth and began his journey through cities and villages, singing a lullaby. On a leather belt, he carried a wooden box, skillfully painted with ornaments and fairy-tale scenes. There were countless dreams in that box.
Veles put his hand into the casket, picked up a full handful of dreams and generously sprinkled them on all those sleeping. Everyone got what they deserved through their thoughts and actions. During the night, God managed to travel around the whole world, and the box in his hands was never empty.
Who can expect wealth, happiness and love?
If you have been waiting for favorable life changes for a long time, then most likely you have already dreamed of a night plot more than once, with the help of which you can make an interpretation of the future. The list below contains only the most popular interpretations of images according to Veles’s dream book:
- to cheat on your partner - to betrayal on the part of your lover;
- kissing a stranger means meeting your soulmate;
- buying food means minor financial difficulties;
- catching a bird means unexpected financial income;
- washing your hands in golden water is a symbol of great wealth;
- flying through the air is a sign of great happiness to come;
- riding a horse - to gain great wisdom;
- finding money means great financial difficulties;
- kill a snake - life will change for the better;
- seeing a spider is a sign of great misfortune.
And this is really only a small part of the interpretations that can be found in the popular reference book. If you did not find the necessary information in the list, then it will most likely be found in the dream book itself. Fortunately, it is sold in almost every bookstore.
Another version of dream formation
In ancient times, it was believed that during sleep the soul is separated from the body and remains close to it. She can see life from a completely different angle. She becomes aware of details that a person does not pay attention to while awake. She can see hidden truths and secret deeds. In addition, she can communicate with the deceased ancestors and future descendants of the sleeper, as well as the gods.
Thus, through dreams, the soul shows its owner what he does not notice or does not have the opportunity to see on his own. By listening to such divine messages, you can know the future, unravel mysteries, gain wisdom and find your true purpose in life.
Divine Cunning
God Veles arranged it so that dreams quickly “run away” from people. That is, upon waking up, a person remembers the vision in detail, but after a few hours (or even minutes) individual moments or even the general plot are erased from his memory. In a similar way, Veles seems to check whether the sleeping person is worthy of divine messages.
If a person learns to “catch” dreams (that is, remember in detail) and decipher them, then the reward will not be long in coming. More and more visions will come to the sleeper. Each time they will be more detailed, they will contain more information useful both for the individual himself and for all humanity.
Feature of Velesov Dream Book
Our ancestors believed that dreams carry important information. However, this is not the case for every vision. If you dreamed of an everyday plot, involving everyday objects, actions, people, the Slavs suggested leaving it without analysis.
Strange, confusing, symbolic dreams are another matter. They were usually classified as prophetic. The information encrypted in such stories, according to the Slavs, could become a clue regarding the past, future and present.
Our ancestors believed that while a person falls asleep, his soul is nearby. She visits other worlds, communicates with her ancestors, and receives instructions from the gods. This information appears in dreams in the form of images filled with peculiar symbolism.
Each of us can use the information that is encrypted in these symbols by opening the large-scale and original Dream Book of Veles.
Classification of dreams
In the Small Veles Dream Book, visions are divided into three types:
- Simple. They reflect real events from the life of the sleeper, his current thoughts, ideas and dreams. As a rule, a person in a dream sees what worries him or what he dreams about. Such visions are often empty. Occasionally they may contain hints or wrong signals that lead you astray.
- Important. If visions have no connection with the dreamer’s reality, if they are filled with abstract images, then they deserve attention. They definitely need to be comprehended and interpreted, as they contain an important message from the gods. It may contain a prediction, a warning, or an incentive to take decisive action.
- Directly significant. These are visions that come true exactly and in the shortest possible time. As a rule, these are dreams about future catastrophes, wars or natural disasters.
Household chores and visiting guests
Of course, not all night images promise some kind of grandiose changes that a person expects. In some cases, the interpretation will not be so loud, but this does not mean that it cannot be used to change life:
- washing the dishes means an imminent visit from an uninvited guest;
- arguing with your mother in a dream means household chores;
- eating in a dream is the personification of fatigue.
For a detailed interpretation, try to remember as many nuances as possible from the realm of dreams in order to compare them with what is happening in the real world. Well, don’t forget to take into account the voice of your subconscious.
Influence of the Gods
According to the Small Velesov Dream Book, people are under the influence of five gods corresponding to the five elements. They determine which dreams a particular person will most often have:
- those in whom Veles's power predominates dream of water and everything connected with it (fish, algae, ships);
- people under the influence of the goddess Lada dream of earth, meadows, sown or plowed fields, agricultural work, flowers and herbs;
- Svarog sends dreams to people about fire and the sun, about disputes and wars;
- Perun's influence is expressed in visions of metal objects, precious jewelry, weapons;
- those who are under the influence of Stribog receive visions of heaven, clouds, birds and winds.
Beliefs about dreams
According to the Small Velesov Dream Book, the content and meaning of visions are often determined by external circumstances. Since ancient times, signs and beliefs have come down to us that must be taken into account when interpreting:
- the most valuable are the dreams that were seen before midnight;
- if a person wants to have a true dream, then he should not eat or drink much at night (in particular, he should give up meat and alcohol);
- if you had a bad dream, you need to knock on the wall and say “Where the night goes, the dream goes”;
- To prevent a bad dream from coming true, you cannot tell anyone about it for three days;
- to turn a bad dream into a good one, you need to turn the linen, blanket and pillow over to the opposite side, and leave it like that until the next night;
- if you often have nightmares, you need to sew a sprig of mint into your pillow;
- to remember a forgotten dream, you need to bite the corner of the pillow;
- in order not to forget a dream, you do not need to look out the window after waking up;
- To avoid nightmares, you don’t need to look in the mirror at night and quarrel with your family.
Dream Interpretation of Velesov
The name of this dream book is associated with the name of the ancient Slavic God Veles. Veles is so busy that sleep is barely perceptible and when he wakes up, he runs headlong away from us. You run to catch up with him, you seem to have caught him, you seem to remember him - but no! He escaped, the devil, and left behind only pitiful scraps of his colorful clothes, vague memories of a colorful, rich vision.
The game of catch-up with sleep is such that if you get used to making fun of the fugitive, then the next night he himself will have to go catch you. Learn to quickly and firmly remember a dream, write it down, and you will soon discover that there are more dreams, they have become much more detailed. And more significant...
Principles of dream interpretation according to Velesov’s dream book
1.
It is worth separating a simple dream from a prophetic dream. If you dream about something you were thinking about or expecting, something you saw or heard today, something that threw you off balance, something that is familiar to you, then it’s a simple dream. For the one who was expecting guests sees their arrival, the one who heard about trade sees a fair, the one who gets into a fight sees a fight or an enemy, the blacksmith sees his own work.
2.
Sleep from the movement of feelings, from bodily sensations is an empty vision. For a lover sees his sweetheart, a sick person sees healing, a hungry person sees food. Sick people often see fire, poison, violence; overeating at night - torment, beating, various passions.
3.
A dream inspired by the situation around the sleeper does not mean anything. For in a draft you dream of wind or blizzard, if music was playing - then a melody, in intense heat - desert and thirst.
Therefore, before interpretation, one must judge whether the dream is due to empty reasons.
5 compositions of Veles’s dream book
Empty dreams also come from human nature, for the world stands on five components, and so does man. And those five:
- Water – Veles – little finger – silver.
- Earth – Lada – ring finger – copper.
- Fire – Svarog – middle finger – gold.
- Iron – Perun – index finger – iron.
- Air – Stribog – thumb – tin.
The main Gods in Velesov's dream book
In which Velesovasila dominates - he sees water, swimming, fish, crayfish and other aquatic animals, aquatic plants. Moreover - guessing riddles, zhito, the color blue and grey, clouds, a month, the deceased, funerals, bears, cows, milk, cheese, rain, trees, grass, meadows, swamps, rivers, ponds, lakes and seas, raven, money , wise men and priests, all kinds of wealth, honey, gold and jewelry, letters, books, hair, beard, medicines, fur coats, clothes, goy, legs, porridge, elders, trade, fortune telling, sacraments, forests.
In which Ladinasila sees the earth, arable land and plowing, mountains, shovels and digging, moles, earthworms, snakes. Moreover - wives and maidens, dances and round dances, clothes and outfits, dishes, swans and doves, fur-bearing animals, the color is white and heavenly, combs, mirrors, fortune telling, graves, mounds, breasts, bread, flowers, wreaths, herbs and meadows , weddings, milk.
In which Svarozhiya has the power - he sees fire, fires, dawns, the sun, disputes. Moreover - the color is red and red, quarrels and battles, heavy work, the forge and blacksmith's tools, weddings, houses, villages, scales, horses, cabs, the sky, heads, eyes, husbands, men's clothes, friends, dogs, dense forests, prayers and temples.
In which Perun's power sees weapons, iron things from the household, wars and fights, roots, chains, lightning, sparks. Moreover, the color is black and scarlet, blood, enemies, stars, winds, fire, victories, anger, aurochs, bulls, eagles, hands, meat, warriors, beer, speed, rage.
In which Stribozha has the power to see open spaces, wind, birds, clouds, quarrels. Moreover - the color yellow, running, rapids, love, children, jesters, drunken people, fools, small animals, mouth, ears, flour, garbage, sand, worries, laughter, climbs to peaks, flights and falls, tall trees, ribbons, road, canvas.
Interpretation of prophetic dreams according to Velesov’s dream book
But if you dream of something for which there is no reason, the images of which are blurred, fleeting, not immediately clear and tend to disappear upon awakening, something that is not characteristic of the sleeper - those dreams are either given from the Gods, or predict punishment for an evil done, or foreshadow a reward for Kind. That is what must be interpreted. The soul of the sleeping person flies away from the body, just as it does in death, therefore, since ancient times, our people have compared the dream of death: “The sleep of death brother,” “Asleep and died,” “Sleepy as if dead.” A person has no power over sleep with his consciousness, which is equally the same for empty sleep and for prophetic dreams: “The intoxicated and the sleepy are not thinking about their own thoughts,” “The sleepy and the drunk are God-willed.”
The soul, in its sleepy journey, either curls around the body, holding on to Veles’s rope, or flies off to the other world, to the next world. And she brings what she saw there, what the Gods show her, or her ancestors tell her about the future, about what is asked, about the important, in signs understandable to our consciousness. Otherwise, just as you dream, it should be understood. For what is about to happen, which there is no time to interpret, is presented to us with great power, in its direct form. If there is a danger of getting into a wreck, then you dream of a crash, in a more or less understandable form. This is a direct dream.
Not every interpretation should be accepted as written, for not every bastard is in line. You see that you are buying a needle: a needle is danger or gossip, but buying a needle is a gift. This is how tradition interprets it. But will this be the case in your case? A literal interpretation is one thing, but it is possible that the overall interpretation of the subject is more significant. Here everyone has to choose for themselves, paying attention to what and how it comes true, what happens after the dream, how close what happened is to the interpretation of the dream book.
And if a dream foretells wealth, this does not necessarily mean that you will be showered to the very top with gold hryvnia. For some, wealth is a modest amount. Illness is also a relative concept. Mild runny nose or fracture. There is a difference?
An individual object in its natural state usually means nothing. What matters is only our attitude towards him or his influence on us. The grass at your feet is just grass. But the grass is too bright, or high, or gets in the way, mowing the grass, searching in the grass is another matter. There is a lot to think about here.
Directly significant dreams come true soon, but dreams that are subject to interpretation come true some time later. Sometimes you have to wait a long time for this, but “who is forewarned is forearmed.”
Images and symbols of Velesov's dream book
Other things, which are not so significant, or will not happen immediately, come through allegorical images, broadcasting one through the other, which still needs to be interpreted. The other world, as they say, is the opposite of our world, the world of the living. Instead of the sun, the moon shines there, the trees grow with their roots up, they talk backwards and walk backwards. That is why the images from there are turned inside out, and they should be interpreted exactly the opposite. And then, seeing a wedding foreshadows a funeral, and crying in a dream is a sign of joy. Other signs of sleep are identical to images from the waking world: the raven is an enemy and mystery, the fox is cunning, and the ram is stupidity.
The symbolic meanings of this are hidden in proverbs, rituals and signs. Some of these signs have already been forgotten by us, but our ancestors knew them, but their knowledge of this is in our blood and soul. For the time being, they are stored somewhere there, in the depths, but at the right moment, in a moment of insight, those images come to life in us, helping us to understand and accept. Some signs are even simpler - what it looks like is what it is, what it is correlated with is what it means. Thorns - barbs, quarrel; salt – it will have to be “salty”.
Other dreams are interpreted by the people according to the internal connection of words, according to secrecy: which word is similar to which is connected with that. This is, exactly, a kind of spiritual game, when words come together based on the similarity of roots, according to consonance: cornflower - fun, maiden - marvelous, cow - to roar, river - there will be speeches, oven - sadness, egg - guests will appear. Or perhaps this is a hint from another world.
The dreamer's movements are often subordinated to a single basis. Climbing up, climbing a mountain, tree, roof, climbing stairs, walking on a level path - multiplying benefits, promotion, achieving your plans. Falling down from a tree, roof, stairs, mountain, confusing uneven road - missed opportunities, mistakes, humiliation, losses and damages. Flying in the sky, on the wings of a bird, jumping - joy, achieving a goal.
Swimming in the water, on a ship, bathing, washing - the road, health. But all this must also be correlated with the state of the surroundings, for the tree is small or rotten, and the water is dirty or raging.
The meaning of color in Veles's dream book
Any color, if it occurs too often in it, or is too bright, or is out of place, has a special meaning, giving the interpretation of the dream additional shades.
- White – purity, holiness, divine presence, affection, goodness, softening of bad things, joy, laughter, play, top. Moreover, death, exhaustion, fall, illness, old age, cold, hunger, empty troubles, failure.
- Black - evil, destruction, error, cowardice, illness, powerlessness, envy, bottom, loss, death, dirt, discord, danger. Moreover - mystery, memory, hard work.
- Blue – mystery, faith, top, writing. Moreover - witchcraft, thoughts, trials, waiting, trading.
- Red – holiday, love, celebration, trip, party, luck, admiration, body, spring, weather. Moreover, labor, blood, battle, anger, strength.
- Yellow – money, luck, Moreover – illness, boredom, losses.
- Green – joy, health, summer, youth. Moreover, it is stupidity and a mistake.
- Zemlyanoy - basis, decree, oath, law, order, obedience, work. Moreover, there are funerals and stagnation.
- Gray – invisibility, sadness, stagnation in business, bad weather. Moreover, calmness, a smooth flow of life.
- Rainbow, multicolored - abundance, fun, wedding, guests, health. Moreover - deception, empty dreams.
- Brick - labor, hard work. Moreover, it is a mistake and harm.
Beliefs about dreams in Velesov’s dream book
But before interpretations, one must know the general beliefs about dreams.
1.
The first chant (the time from the first fall asleep to the first awakening) is until the first roosters, the second - until the second, the third - until the third. The first sleep on the left side, the second on the right, the third on the back. Sleeping until midnight is the best sleep.
2.
If you want to see a true dream, follow the conditions: do not eat meat, cabbage, peas and beans before going to bed, do not drink too much water, do not drink hops, ventilate the house before going to bed, go out before the wind, do not quarrel with anyone before going to bed, do not cover yourself warmly. If you keep everything and the dream comes after midnight, it will be true.
3.
You can deliberately induce sleep, for which you need to carry sand from the grave of a suicide around the house and pour it out near the western wall.
4.
If external noise interferes with your sleep, you need to turn your pillow over.
5.
If you have a bad dream, in order for it not to come true, you need to knock on the wall and say: “Where the night goes, the dream goes.” Or: light the stove and say: “Where there is smoke, there is sleep.”
6.
If you often have bad dreams, sew rue, mint, and madder into your pillow.
7.
If you had a bad dream, then do not tell it to anyone for three days.
8.
You cannot tell a dream at night, before sunrise, especially a terrible one, because it will come true.
9.
Any bad dream can be turned into a good one. To do this, you need to, as soon as you wake up, turn over your underwear, bed, pillow, sheet, and, after lying there for a while, leave everything as it is until nightfall.
10.
To remember a dream, you need to bite the corner of the pillow as soon as you wake up.
11.
Dreams that were dreamed from a week (Sunday) to Monday and from Thursday to Friday are fulfilled, but from Shostka (Saturday) to a week (Sunday) - they are not, or they come true before lunch, but if not, they are so false.
12.
Dreams for the week come true before noon, and if they don’t come true, the dream is empty. On Monday - it will come true in seven years. On Wednesday - an empty dream. On Thursday - in two or three days it will be completed. On Friday it will be completed by the evening. As for Shostka, it will come true in a day.
13.
It is also believed that on the third day all dreams come true; the thirteenth - all dreams are unlucky; twenty-fifth - all dreams are false, empty.
14.
What you dreamed before night will come true within a year, what you dreamed before midnight - within six months, what you dreamed before three in the morning - within a quarter, what you dreamed before morning - within a month, what in the last moments of the night - within ten days, at sunrise - on the same day.
15.
You can’t go to bed on an empty stomach, otherwise you’ll dream about all sorts of obscenities.
16.
If you want to remember a dream, don’t look out the window when you wake up.
17.
To avoid any stupid dreams, do not show off in the mirror after sunset.
18.
It's not good to sleep on a bag - it's a bad dream.
19.
It is impossible to respond to the call of the deceased in a dream - you yourself will die.
20.
Don’t swear before going to bed, otherwise you’ll dream about something unclean.
Interpretation is also a game. Playing with meanings, playing with possibilities. The rules are not complicated. It's not scary to lose. No need for a pair. Are you ready to play? At least for fun, at least with faith in what is happening. Yes? Well, then, perhaps, let’s begin...
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