❚ Dream Traditions
Dream Traditions Around the World
How 34 cultures across 6 continents understood, interpreted, and used dreams — from the Paleolithic to the present.
34
Traditions
6
Continents
5,000+
Years
200+
Facts
How 34 cultures across 6 continents understood, interpreted, and used dreams — from the Paleolithic to the present.
c. 3100–30 BCE
Africa & Near East
c. 3500–539 BCE
Middle East
c. 800–146 BCE
Europe
753 BCE – 476 CE
Europe
c. 200–1100 CE
Scandinavia
c. 500 BCE – 400 CE
Western Europe
c. 1200 BCE – present
Middle East / Global
7th century – present
Middle East / Global
c. 1500 BCE – present
South Asia
c. 1100 BCE – present
East Asia
c. 500 BCE – present
South & Central Asia
c. 700 CE – present
East Asia
65,000+ years – present
Australia
c. 2000 BCE – 1697 CE
Central America
c. 1300–1521 CE
Central America
c. 1400–1533 CE
South America
c. 1000 BCE – present
Oceania
c. 1500 BCE – present
Central Asia / Middle East
Paleolithic – present
Northern Asia
Thousands of years – present
North America
20,000+ years – present
Africa
Pre-Columbian – present
Central America
Ancient – present
East Asia
c. 800–100 BCE
Europe
Ancient – present
Northern Europe / Arctic
Ancient – present
Central & Eastern Europe
c. 800 CE – present
Central Asia
Pre-Islamic – present
Arabian Peninsula
Ancient – present
Arctic
Ancient – present
Southeast Asia
Medieval – present
Europe / Global
Ancient – present
South America
Colonial era – present
Caribbean
Ancient – present
Southeast Asia / Global
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