Disaster
Amoco Cadizoil tanker broke up off Britanny coast; 1.6 million barrels spilled (1978). [Fr. Hist.: Facts (1978), 201, 202]
Angur-bodaUtgard giantess, worker of disaster; literally, ‘anguish-boding.’ [Norse Myth.: Leach, 58]
Chicago fireconflagration destroyed most of city (1871). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 94]
Delugeearth-covering flood that destroyed all but Noah’s family and animals in the ark. [O.T.: Genesis 6–8]
Deucalion’s Floodthe Deluge of Greek legend. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 266]
Evangelineconcerns peaceful village vacated and destroyed during war. [Am. Lit.: “Evangeline” in Magill I, 261–263]
Fatal Vespers2 Jesuits and 100 others killed in collapse of lecture hall. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1127]
Gilgamesh epicBabylonian legend contains pre-Biblical ac-count of Flood. [Near East. Myth.: EB, IV: 542]
Hindenburg, theGerman airship blew up upon mooring in New Jersey (1937). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 43]
Johnstown FloodPennsylvania city destroyed by flood (May 31, 1889); 2,200 lives lost. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1427]
LusitaniaBritish luxury liner sunk by German submarine in World War I. [Br. Hist.: EB (1963) XX, 518]
PompeiiRoman city buried by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (79). [Rom. Hist.: NCE, 2187]
red cloudindicates disaster is impending. [Eastern Folklore: Jobes, 350]
San Francisco earthquakedisaster claiming many lives and most of city (1906). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 443–444]
TitanicBritish passenger ship sinks on maiden voyage (1912). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 2753]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Disasters
(dreams)Dreaming about natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, is not that uncommon. People usually have these dreams at a time of many changes in their lives. Most people have ambivalent feelings about change and some resist even positive changes. Therefore, quick shifts in life style or some type of crisis may bring about dreams of natural disasters. Please look up specific disasters by name.
Bedside Dream Dictionary by Silvana Amar Copyright © 2007 by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.