See individual entry and also the entry for monster.

Fears of your own making, allowed to grow out of proportion through undue worry and attention. Any negative idea dwelt upon grows into something monstrous; it is but an illusion...

To dream about a sea monster suggests that issues from your unconscious are struggling to come to the surface. You may need to see yourself more clearly, and face the...

The Loch Ness Monster, a legendary creature who lives deep within a mystical lake, might appear as a hidden talent you may feel insecure about using.The monster may represent a...

Sesame Street s blue, fuzzy monster who just loves chocolate-chip cookies may indicate your lack of constraint and your inability to curb overindulgent behavior.

A dream about Frankenstein’s monster comes from repressed emotions.The monster may represent a side of your personality that makes you uncomfortable. This dream often means that you would do well...

See the individual entry for intruder and also the entry in people

Monster dreams in childhood reflect dramatically frightening things that have disturbed a child, in particular how frightening it can be for a child when the people they love and trust...

Beast. Your animal nature is becoming too strong, too frightening, meaning that you are afraid of your own strength and drives. It could also indicate a person (Father or Mother)...

The intruder in a woman’s dream is often a personification of her own animus. In a man’s dream it characterizes his shadow. In either case it suggests the need for...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a bag can represent her feelings about pregnancy, while, interestingly enough, in a man’s dream it is more likely to mean some kind of...

Material aspects: As nowadays many workplaces use electronic passes to gain entry, to forget a pass might denote a lack of interest in what we are doing or that if...

The whole sphere of sexuality and sensuality, not just the sex act. Our unconscious often connects sex with giving oneself, a death of self, and making connections or bonds— obviously...

A skeleton in dreams alerts us to our attitude to the macabre. We are aware that the physical must ‘die’ or change, but that there is still a framework left.The...

See monster

1. A monster.2. A man in one’s life.

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See giant and monster

Gives gender-specific: In dreams nymphs are connected with a woman’s sense of beauty and her own femininity. Each group of nymphs has their own particular role and guardianship of specific...

Aggression, anger, fear; lower or animal urges within self.See Monster.

1. Fear that a monster will pursue one.2. Inner, secret view of self.3. Hidden fears of someone.4. Considering going to church, returning to religion.

From a mythological point of view, the image of the maze is closely tied to the Greek hero Theseus and to Ariadne, who loves him. As legend has it, in...

Material aspects: The images that appear in dreams will reflect how we are feeling, what obstacles there are, possible courses of action and what our ultimate goal should or may...

See castle above in this entry.

See individual entry.

A cave, being womb-likc, may carry feminine symbolism.(1) For Freudians, a cave represents the female genitals.(2) It may also represent your mother; or your anima, if you are a man...

See captive, prisoner above in this entry.

Consult the entry for vulture in this section.

Consult the entry for magpie in this section.

Consult the entry for horse in this section.

Consult the entry for abdomen in this section.

Strong or destructive power. Something has to be dug up from deep down. Uncover the foundation and dig for the treasure that is buried deep. Occasionally, this is a dream...

See Monster / Mythological Creature, Bat. Guilt feelings, and the sense of being sucked dry. These dreams often appear during depression.The vampire image points to insufficient boundaries toward the world...

1. Entry to your heart;2. Future (before you);3. Face;4. Mouth;5. Meet;6. Confront;

Consult the individual entry, religious buildings above and also spiritual imagery in the introduction.

Being in contact with instinctive or feeling reac­tions in self; the Self.See farmer within this entry; Christ under archetypes.

A mischievous, nocturnal little monster who comes out at night and performs destructive acts, a gremlin can represent a repassed aspect of the personality that is destructive in nature.

Material aspects: Dreaming about giants may mean we are coming to terms with some of the repressed feelings we had about adults when we were children. They may have seemed...

Consult the entry for hunt / hunting / huntsman as well as the information on archetypes in the introduction for further clarification.

Someone who doesn’t seem “alive” mentally or emotionally (such as not in touch with logic or common sense, or with their own humanity, compassion, or feelings).A feeling or fear of...

The down expresses sleep; rest; withdrawal; non-involvement. Idioms: feel down, down and out; do some­one down, down at heel; down hearted; down with.See prone above in this entry.

Something you feel is ‘beneath you’; what is below’ in the body—so the nonintellectual aspects of self; something one can now look back on from a detached viewpoint.If below something...

Going uphill suggests extra effort is necessary, while going downhill will suggest lack of control. Also consult the individual entry for hill.

Tradition says that lakes are symbolic of romantic emotions.If the lake is calm, your love life is probably in good shape and you feel safe.If it’s stormy water, though, you...

Retention signifies an inability to let go of the past or of previous patterns of behaviour, literally to be uptight. Also consult the entry for anus in this section.

Sometimes a monster emerging out of the depths of the subconscious, Squid may appear as a frightening reminder of something that could be clinging to you. But in actuality it...

The rat signifies a tainted or devious part of our personality or a situation we are in. It can also represent something that is repulsive in some way. We may...

Spiritually a shell is a miniature representation of the process of life and death. You might also like to consult the entry for snail as well as the information for...

Someone you knew (or wish you’d known) in real life who is now dead.Something that has changed or doesn’t exist any longer (such as a former relationship or former job).A...

1. Relaxation;2. Not paying attention;3. Salvation; enter into the kingdom; Entry into the Kingdom; Gen. 18:4; Matt. 11:28- 30.

This shows we have accepted the need for a change of direction. We may have made a major decision. Also consult the entry for corner.

1. Entry to a new phase of one’s life.2. New opportunity.3. If gate can’t be opened, something is stopping the dreamer’s abil­ity to go forward.

Any nightmare is a teaching dream, your guidance trying to get your attention. Nothing is scary when the symbols are worked out; it is just a way to get you...

The lizard appearing in a dream represents instinctive action or ‘one­track’ thinking. Also consult the entry for reptiles in this section.

See temporary buildings in buildings and also the entry for tent.

If you dream of slaying monster or vampires, this suggests you are feeling drained of your life energy and autonomy. Your dream is a depiction of your daily struggles with...

In both real and dream life, doodles are expressions of your unconscious mind. Doodles, like dreams, involve a form of picture language, and it is the interpretation of these pictures...

Material aspects: This can simply represent our everyday workplace or a task which we have undertaken. You might like to consult the entry for work.

The mouse’s quality of timidity can often be addressed in the dreamer, if it is recognized that this can arise from turbulence and lack of understanding. Also consult the entry...

A dream in which your own jaws are featured usually means you will lose prestige through malicious gossip from those whom you value highly, it is a warning that you...

Perfect man within the cosmos is depicted with arms and legs outstretched in the shape of an x. As a point of power and the roman numeral ten it suggests...