Bread in a dream: meaning

What dream books say

Bread is one of the oldest good symbols in folk dream books: the basics of life, home and enough to share. Baking bread is traditionally read as patient work that brings something warm and lasting. Fresh bread points to comfort and security, while mouldy or stale bread is read as a basic need that has been neglected. Sharing bread is taken as hospitality and closeness, and breaking it with others as trust. Running out of bread suggests worry about having enough, in feeling as much as in things.

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