Mace

To dream of mace is good, for mace comforts the heart (Artemidorus).

Magician

A dream connoting unexpected events, surprises (Gypsy).

Magnet

A dream warning you to resist the snares that are across your path; to see a magnet denotes that you are planning to fascinate some other person (Raphael).

Magpie

A dream of deceit (Gypsy). The bird itself symbolizes deceit and misfortune.

Malice

To dream that some one bears you malice denotes a sudden advancement to an important place in the world (Gypsy).

Mallows

To dream of eating mallows signifies exemption from trouble, as this herb renders the body soluble (Artemi-dorus). This is an unusually clear example of the folk lore that has made symbols and symbolism in dreams.

Mantle

See Cloak.

Map

To dream of examining a map denotes that you will leave your native land (Gypsy).

Maple

A dream of comfort and a happy life (Gypsy). The national emblem of Canada, connoting goodness, service, etc.

Mare

For a man to dream of seeing a young mare denotes marriage to a beautiful, young, rich gentlewoman; an ill - shapen mare denotes a disadvantageous alliance (Artemi-dorus).

Marigolds

Constant lover, happy marriage, advancement, riches (Raphael). It is called the flower of flame or light, and is also used to break the spells of enchantment.

Mariner

A dream denoting voyages (Gypsy).

Market

See Fair.

Marriage

A dream invariably auguring sickness, death, etc.

Mars

An unfortunate dream forecasting quarrels at home and abroad (Gypsy).

Marsh

To dream of walking in a marshy country, troubled life; swamps denote sorrows and difficulties; to escape them, future comfort; to try to till a marsh, misery in spite of work (Gypsy).

Marten

See Wren.

Martyr

A dream of honor and public approbation (Gypsy).

Mask or Masquerade

To attend one is a dream of deceptive pleasure (Gypsy).

Mastiff

A dream of a strong, powerful, but unknown, friend; to be bitten by one, injury from a friend (Gypsy). Jung and Freud classify all dreams of animals or of being bitten by animals as erotic, or sex dreams. The mastiff is the modern symbol of loyalty, gentleness and fidelity.

Mat

To dream that a door mat has been stolen forecasts that some one will try to enter your house (Raphael). A dream obviously originating in the unrecorded observation made by the subconscious.

May-Pole

A dream denoting love and lovers (Gypsy); an erotio symbol (Freud). The maypole dance and festival had its remote origin in sex-worship (Frazier).

Meadow

To dream of walking through pleasant meadows portends happiness (Gypsy).

Medal

To dream of receiving medals for good conduct denotes depravity and loss of character (Raphael) Evidently a wish dream arising from the consciousness of a guilty conscience.

Medicine

To dream of taking it with difficulty is a dream of physical distress (Gypsies and medicos agree on this dream).

Melons

To a sick person this is a dream of recovery by reason of the juiciness which dispels fever (Gypsy); a dream originating in physical stimuli indicative of coolness and moisture after fever.

Mice

A dream of envious slanderers, also of poverty (Gypsy).

Midwife

A dream denoting revelation of secrets and hurt thereby (Artemidorus).

Milk

To drink it, joy; to sell it, a disappointment in love; to milk a cow, abundance, plenty (Gypsy).

Mill or Miller

A dream denoting happiness and riches (Gypsy). Prosperity is usually attributed to these gentry, i.e., millers.

Mire

An evil dream although it may be rendered harmless (Raphael).

Mirror

See Looking-glass.

Miser

Like all dreams pertaining to money or hoards, this is unfavorable (Gypsy).

Mistletoe

A dream of fortune and health (Gypsy). The legends attached to the plant justify this symbolism.

Money

Ever an evil dream (Raphael).

Monk

See Abbot.

Monkeys

See Ape.

Monster

To dream of a monster or monstrous fish at sea is evil, but a monster on land is good, signifying evil enemies who will be impotent (Artemidorus).

Moon

A brilliant moon prognosticates: to a wife, love and good health; to a husband, increase in wealth. New moon: advancement in business; waning, death of a great man; a halo around the moon denotes pardon and deliverance through a female; a red moon, voyages, pilgrimages; dull moon, death or illness to wife, sister or female relative; perilous journey-ings, especially by sea, brain fever, eye trouble. An obscure moon becoming bright, profit to a woman, joy to a man. From clearness to obscurity, loss, sadness, misfortune to men and women. Two moons denote increase in rank and dignity; when a beautiful woman dreams of the moon, the dream forecasts high standing, dignity and admiration. To thieves, murderers, etc., it denotes justice; to invalids danger of death or shipwreck. For a young girl or widow to dream of a full, dazzling moon, the prognostication is marriage; to a married woman, the birth of a beautiful daughter; to a man the birth of a son. A happy dream to jewelers, goldsmiths, etc.

(National Dream Book). Most of these presages, it will be observed, are astrological.

Moor or Negro

An unfortunate dream (Gypsy). The general superstition attached to a dream of darkness or black objects seems to apply here.

Morning-Glory

A hopeful, happy dream (Gypsy). A symbol of the resurrection (Smith).

Mosquitoes

Persecution from petty enemies (Gypsy).

Moss

A dream signifying the acquisition and hoarding of money (Gypsy).

Mother

To dream of your mother (living) denotes joy; if she be dead, sorrow (Gypsy).

Moths

A dream of a love affair in which the dreamer will suffer betrayal (Gypsy). The proverbial moth and flame is symbolized in this dream.

Mountains

A dream of heaviness, fear and trouble (Artemidorus). Thus Kremhild warns her lord Siegfried of his approachiiig death.

"Nay, Siegfried, I fear some mischance. Last night I dreamed an evil dreapi; how that two mountains fell on thee and I saw thee no more. If thou goest thou wilt grieve me bitterly." Nevertheless he rode off. She never saw him alive again. - Fall of the Niebelungs.

Mouth

To dream of being unable to open the mouth, danger of death (Gypsy). A dream due to physical conditions.

Mud

To dream of being covered with it denotes slander (Gypsy).

Muff

A dream forecasting a harsh winter, lack of money (Gypsy). In this instance the subconsciousness has probably recorded weather signs of which the consciousness has taken no note.

Mulberry-Tree

A dream of increase of wealth, of abundance of goods (Artemidorus). A symbol of prosperity in Persia and in Italy.

Mule

A dream that is good for all work, especially husbandry, only that they cross weddings and increase; to dream that mules are savage and mad and that they do hurt argues deceit by some one of your own household (Artemidorus).

Mushrooms

To dream of eating them danger of death or personal sickness to the dreamer (Gypsy). Evidently an anxiety dream, expressed in the doubt of the mushrooms.

Music

A dream of ravishing music signifies sudden and delightful news; harsh sounds denote the contrary (Artemidorus).