Dreams
have been with us as long as we could review our history.
The first record of a dream can be found in "Epic of
Gilgamesh", one of the Sumerian king, who has recorded
his dreams in this epic. No one could verify whether he
is a myth or a truth but his work is available as clay tablets
in a museum library.
Dreams
were given more importance in ancient days than now. During
ancient days dreams were considered to be a message from
god or god like power about the future. Every recorded civilization
had a dictionary of dreams which related a type of dream
to an upcoming good or bad events. But all dreams were not
treated equally in olden days. The dreams by King and courtiers
were treated separately from the dreams of the common man.
So the dictionaries were different for different class of
society.
Dreams
carried so much respect in olden days that in Greek civilization,
people believed that sick people can find the reason for
their sickness or remedy for their sickness from Aesculapius
(the Medicine god) by inviting him into their dreams by
performing rituals. These dreams are treated with great
respect that physicians followed it through.
In
this moden age people have less time to dream or attach
less importance to their dreams. Studies show that the following
are the most common dreams people have reported. See whether
you experience one of them and read scientific interpretation
of these dreams. It is fun!
