A hiding place or refuge, literally or metaphorically; in some traditions, a place believed to facilitate or contain dreams.
From dream + hole (Old English hol, meaning 'cavity' or 'hollow'). May relate to folklore beliefs about where dreams originate or hide, or simply a retreat for daydreaming.
This word appears in English folklore and mythology as a physical or spiritual location—it connects to ancient beliefs that dreams came from specific places, like how Romans believed dreams passed through gates or holes in the dream realm.
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