Why “dreamlore” is a great word
DREAMLORE — [Noun] The body of traditional beliefs and knowledge concerning the interpretation and significance of dreams. From dream (from Old English drēam, originally "joy, music," later "a vision during sleep") + lore (from Old English lār, "instruction, knowledge, tradition"). Unlike oneiromancy, which denotes a formal art of divination, or dream analysis, which implies a clinical system, dreamlore is the informal, communal archive of folk wisdom. It is the grandmother's certainty that dreaming of teeth foretells a death, the sailor's belief that a vision of clear water promises fair winds, and the farmer's reading of a storm in the dream-flight of sparrows—a quiet, collective map for navigating the solitary wilderness of sleep.