(2) A dwarf may sometimes symbolize the true self, not yet (fully) manifest. Pay attention to subsequent dreams for further signals concerning the way to move closer to yourself (your self). (On self)
(In some primitive societies dwarfs were regarded with awe, as having extraordinary divine powers).
(3) Perhaps the dwarf / dwarfs take their symbolism from your association of dwarves with the Snow White story, in which they are miners, descending into the bowels of the earth and bringing up gold. This symbolizes a descent into the unconscious, the depths of the self, to discover the true nature of the self. Dwarfs may thus appear as guides on your quest for self-knowledge. Gold is a symbol of the true self. But what the dwarfs in your dreams are bringing up from your unconscious may be those qualities that you have at some earlier stage in your life rejected (for moral reasons, perhaps, or in order to concentrate on earning a living) but which you now need for the rounding out of your personality. [1]
Gold symbolizes our true self and, as in Snow White’s story, the dwarfs extract it from the mine. So, this image can also represent the search for self- knowledge. To see your friends dwarfed predicts good health for them and a great joy from living with them.
If in your dream dwarfs appear ugly and malformed, the outcome is disaster. [2]
The dwarf suggests possibilities for learning and brings to the conscious mind messages from the unconscious. [3]
If the dwarf is pleasant in personality and appearance, it means you will be popular and rise to the top in life.
It is also an omen of excellent physical health and good finances in your future.
If you dream of someone you know becoming a dwarf, their friendship is positive and will bring you many pleasures.
If you dream of ugly or mean dwarves, a real-life situation is currently making you feel confused or distressed. [4]
If the dwarf is well formed and pleasing in appearance, it omens you will never be dwarfed in mind or stature. Health and good constitution will admit of your engaging in many profitable pursuits both of mind and body.
To see your friends dwarfed, denotes their health, and you will have many pleasures through them. Ugly and hideous dwarfs, always forebodes distressing states. [5]
This may thus be a highly fortuitous dream symbol. Alternatively, dwarfs can be negative symbols, representing some part of the dreamer’s psyche that is stunted or repressed. [9]
If the dwarf was mean or unhappy, however, beware of false friends. Be very careful of who you confide in. [10]
2. Many pleasures in the offing (friends are dwarfs).
3. Smallness, unimportance (if feelings are negative). [12]
If you see a dwarf, it is a foreboding that you wish to disrupt the social status of someone near you. [13]
being a: are being outclassed and overpowered in another’s pursuits; try your own.
friend: wish to cut your inadequacies down to size.
gnomes: face the music now or you wil have the tune forever on your mind.
of a male: wil have a vigorous mind and stunted emotions.
ugly, an: the future is menaced by one with ominous wishes.
unknown, an: fear the part of your self yet undeveloped.
well-formed female, a: the elements are there, but lack substance. [19]