Korean dream reading has no single official rulebook. Readings come from traditional dream books, folklore collections, fortune portals and everyday custom, and they don't always agree. Here's how we handle that.
Where readings come from
- Korean folklore references such as the Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture (한국민속대백과사전) and the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (한국민족문화대백과사전).
- Published Korean dream-reading books and the dream dictionaries on major Korean portals.
- Korean news coverage of dream customs, such as lottery dreams and buying dreams.
Each page lists its sources at the bottom.
How we choose which dreams to cover
We start from what people actually search for in Korean. Our list of symbols and variations comes from thousands of real Korean dream searches, so pages cover the versions people really dream, not only textbook symbols.
When sources disagree
We say so. When one book reads a dream as lucky and another as a warning, the page shows both. Folklore about a baby's sex from a taemong is labeled as folklore.
Photos
We use real photographs, credited on each page, from Unsplash and other free-license libraries. Traditional Korean paintings are used where a photo can't show the scene.
Corrections
Spotted a reading that's wrong, or one your family reads differently? Tell us. We read every message.