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Gallows medallion

Gallows

The gallows in a dream often speaks to moral anxiety or the fear of public judgment — a sense of being exposed, or witnessing someone else face consequence. Yet some older readings suggest it can mark a threshold, a moment when decisiveness or letting something die away opens unexpected ground.

Miller 1901Fontaine 1862
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