Collecting.
A large capacity for something (such as for knowledge, information, or empathy).
Taking in a lot something (information, advice, etc.) and then sorting through it to find what’s useful to you.
Carrying a lot (such as responsibilities, emotional or mental baggage, etc.), or a willingness or tendency to do so.
Dreaming of this animal can represent too much or not enough of one of those qualities, or someone or something you associate with the quality or animal.
Consider also the animal’s actions, context, and your feelings about it.
Rising above circumstances, or staying afloat when a sea of emotion threatens to overcome you. Despite their large, awkward size, pelicans are actually very buoyant.
Wise frugality, even during periods of apparent abundance. Pelicans do not immediately eat their catch, but save it in their bills.
Folkloric: Self-sacrifice for something you love, or a greater good.
The red streak on the pelican’s chest supposedly occurred when it opened itself to feed its starving young. [2]
To catch one, you will be able to overcome disappointing influences.
To kill one, denotes that you will cruelly set aside the rights of others.
To see them flying, you are threatened with changes, which will impress you with ideas of uncertainty as to good. [4]
2. Prophetic soul winner;
3. Loner or alone;
4. Un-believer (unclean bird). 1 Kings 18:21-22; Acts 2:40-41; [7]
2. Mixed outcomes, commingling disappointment and success. [8]