Dreaming

Folkloristic
Contemporary Folklore Studies
By Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj
English

Attitudes towards dreams and dream interpretation vary considerably from one culture to another. In Finland the art of analysing dreams is in most cases learnt at home. Those who analyse their dream omens dispose both of a set of specifically national symbols and of much wider interpretations. Dreams and their explanations clearly reflect the cultural changes dominating our lives. Some symbols are vanishing, but the central themes of dreams are still taken from the everyday life of the dreamer.

Keywords

  • dreams
  • Finland
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