Becoming the other sex

3 readings from 3 sources.

Zhou Gong

周公解夢 (Zhou Gong Jie Meng)

attributed to the Duke of Zhou (周公旦)

classical, undated · Chinese

inauspicious

A man turned into a nun: inauspicious.

In the source 男子化為尼姑凶

Section 夫妻產孕交懽

Jagaddeva

Der Traumschlüssel (Svapnacintāmaṇi) des Jagaddeva

Jagaddeva; edited and translated by Julius von Negelein

11th century; critical edition 1912 · Indian

If a woman becomes a man in a dream, or a man a woman, they increase together in household and in their own welfare.

In the source Wenn eine Frau (im Traume) zu einem Mann oder ein Mann zu einer Frau wird, so nehmen sie gemeinschaftlich an Hauswesen und eigener Wohlfahrt zu.

Section Negelein 1912

Russian dream book, 1787

Сонникъ, или Истолкованiе сновъ

1787 · Russian

To wear a woman's dress means shame and loss.

In the source Женское платье на себѣ имѣть значитъ стыдъ и убытокъ.

What the OCR read

Pre-reform Cyrillic comes out of OCR damaged. What stands above is a reading of the damaged line; this is the line itself.

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Section Калуга 1787