Animals

To dream of animals represents aspects of your personality or character based on the qualities of the particular animal. Animals can symbolize the untamed and uncivilized aspects of yourself.

Fighting with an animal may reflect a part of you that you are trying to reject. It may also reflect conflict with your own behavior or unpleasant behavior you are experiencing with others. For example fighting a rat may reflect your conflict with a person in waking life that you discovered cheating you.

To dream of a dead animal represents a change in your thinking or feeling. It may also reflect a loss or overcoming a problem.

To dream of a wounded animal may reflect feelings about some aspect or quality of yourself being damaged based on the dominant characteristic of the animal.

To dream of meeting a marvelous animal may reflect your personality evolving or how incredible it feels to watch something new happening in your life. An amazing quality you see in yourself or another person.

People who are experiencing healing often dream of baby animals. This is most likely reflecting the dreamers new sense of hope for the future or a new sense of believing in themselves after having lost hope from the illness or injury. For example baby dogs or horses may reflect new confidence or ambition after having lost it completely.

Example: A woman dreamed of having her apartment invaded by a large assortment of animals. In waking life she was doubting her parenting ability as her kids became difficult to control at times.

Example 2: A young boy had recurring dreams of dead animals. In waking life he was making enormous steps to grow up and mature. The dead animals most likely reflected his feelings about his childish behavior dying as he matured.

Consider the symbolism of the animal for further meaning. Refer to the themes section for animals for a more in-depth look at animal symbolism.

Litter-Animals

To dream of a litter of animal babies represents feelings about the emergence of multiple new responsibilities or problems stemming from an original responsibility or problem. Your awareness of a situation where one initial issue or obligation has unexpectedly led to a series of additional challenges or tasks that need to be addressed. The complexity of managing multiple issues simultaneously, all of which demand your attention and care.

Positively, dreaming of a litter of animals may represent the potential for growth and development in various areas of your life that are innocent, vulnerable, and require care, as long as you are able to manage and nurture each responsibility appropriately.

Negatively, dreaming about a litter of animal babies may represent feelings about problems creating more problems. Feelings about an issue that scares you into creating more reasons to be afraid. Feelings of being overwhelmed by an increasing number of responsibilities that have compounded from a single source. Concerns about your ability to handle everything or fears that these responsibilities are piling up too quickly to manage effectively. Feelings of being overwhelmed by the demands of taking care of many small tasks or issues at once. Feeling unprepared for the rapid growth or changes happening around you. Pressure to care for or nurture something that feels beyond your capacity, leading to stress or feelings of inadequacy.

Example: A woman dreamed of a litter of kittens while driving which required her to get out of the car to move them out of the way. In waking life, she was on maternity leave with a 9-month year-old child. She felt that she lost herself trying to take care of everyone and everything around her. In this case, the litter of kittens may have reflected her feelings about the numerous new responsibilities that had emerged from becoming a mother, each requiring her attention and pulling her away from her own needs and identity.

Animal Skins

To dream of animal skins represents feelings of confidence that you are in full control of a situation. Feeling good about problems being pathetic and totally managed. Feeling confident in your ability to use someone or repeat a humiliation whenever you want. Confident acceptance of yourself being bigger than someone else. Feelings of being an accomplished winner that can't lose ever again. Enjoying yourself with total power to humiliate your enemies.

Feeling good that someone else is permanently embarrassed with no way to get back at you. Enjoyment of someone else being 100% powerless against you. Pride about bullies you humiliated.

Negatively, animal skins may reflect pride in overpowering and permanently humiliating innocent people. Enjoying yourself with someone else's powerlessness or weakness.

Consider the animal for additional meaning.

Example: A woman dreamed of putting baby deer skins on her bed. In waking life she was considering totally humiliating her husband in divorce court with depraved pornographic pictures and axe photos with death threats he sent her which she had saved. The baby deer skins in this case my have reflected her confident feelings about how easy it would be to humiliate her husband in divorce court with the offensive photos for thinking she was just a powerless naive housewife. She had previously threatened him with releasing the photos to control him.

Rescue

To dream of rescuing someone represents feelings about an urgent need to be spared from neglect, danger, or situations that leave you feeling overwhelmed. Feeling desperate to escape a problem. Alternatively, it may represent waking life situations where you are carrying someone through a bad time or sparing someone trouble. Taking a stand or stepping up. Burdens you desperate to escape. Keeping something going, doing everything possible, feeling like a hero. Cheering someone up or being a good influence. Saving yourself.

Positively, rescuing someone in a dream may reflect situations where you are making do or making important sacrifices to solve urgent problems. Feeling helped or spared from a difficulty. Alternatively, it may reflect feelings about yourself providing help to others. Enduring someone difficult to help someone. Trying to do as much as possible for someone. Trying hard to keep a friendship together after a breakup. Intervening or taking action to stop a health crisis or deteriorating health.

Negatively, rescuing someone in a dream may reflect your desperation to continue bad habits. Giving help to bad people or people who don't deserve help. Helping people too much. It may also be a sign that you are aware of a problem you've created for yourself. Feeling that you've gotten yourself into trouble or that you have a tendency to get into trouble.

To dream of being rescued represents help or opportunities that are restoring something that has gone wrong. You may feel that someone in your life is carrying you through a problem or saving you from disaster at the last moment. Positively, being rescued may reflect your own efforts to finally stand up to a problem or spare yourself of trouble. Negatively, being rescued may reflect your unwillingness to deal with problems until they get out of hand. You may be too proud to do something for yourself. A reflection of your cry for help or feelings of desperation.

Negatively, needing to be rescued in a dream may reflect a mistake you want to correct or feeling that you went overboard with something you can't fix on your own. Feeling that there is nobody around to help you anymore. Expecting help without asking for it. Not wanting to admit weakness. Being too proud to ask for assistance.

Pregnant women commonly dream of their husbands rescuing them. This may reflect their heightened sensitivity about everyday life becoming increasing harder as their pregnancies progress.

Example: A woman dreamed of having to save her baby from drowning. In waking life she was trying desperately to save her business in tough economic conditions.

Example 2: A man dreamed of needing help, but nobody would stop to help him. In waking life he had a large workload at work that he felt he couldn't do himself and was afraid to ask for help.

Example 3: A young woman dreamed of needing to be rescued. In waking life she had just broken up with her boyfriend and was desperate fro help with her school exams. She felt she had nobody to help her.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing a friend needing to be rescued. In waking life she felt that she had to do as much as possible to cheer her friend up.

Example 5: A young man dreamed of wanting rescue his girlfriend. In waking he had broken up with her and was beginning to regret the decision. He wanted desperately to get back with her.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of seeing people being saved from a tornado. In waking life she was experiencing herself resolving a serious disagreement between family members.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of trying to rescue a dog and baby from drowning. In waking life she was trying very hard to save her failing business in tough economic times.

Stuffed Animals

*Please See Teddy Bear

Alligators

To dream of an alligator represents a situation in your life that you feel is a dangerous lurking threat. A sense of lurking danger, latent power, and hidden threats. Feelings of fear, trepidation, or threat from a lurking threat to your safety. Your inner fears or suspicions regarding a dangerous situation or person in your life. Feeling that a problem has rocked your sense of balance or safety. Feeling shaken by something or struggling to contain a problem. An alligator may also reflect a powerful fear you have. An alligator may be a sign that you need to put more effort into confronting your fears or start speaking to someone about your problems. Fears about a formidable force that, although currently at rest, can spring into action with little warning.

Negatively, dreaming about an alligator may represent a warning of an impending threat that is hidden or an unresolved issue. It might symbolize feelings of anxiety about being backstabbed or encountering unexpected problems. The alligator could also represent a powerful fear or an emotional struggle that you're trying to repress. There might be a situation or person you don't fully trust or a feeling of inevitable danger. Your own threats to other people with a serious warning or serious loss. Underlying fears, unresolved issues, or threats that one is aware of but chooses to ignore. Looming problems.

An alligator may reflect the potential danger you feel from a job layoff, argument, or interpersonal problem. It may also reflect feelings about the threat of loss or feeling that a crisis may be at hand.

To dream of eating alligator represents overcoming a dangerous situation or lurking threat. Overcoming fears or challenges that you once considered extremely daunting or dangerous. Strong confidence that a lurking threat can never intimidate you, scare you, or bother you again. Gaining strength, courage, and power from facing your fears directly. A victorious conquest over threatening circumstances. The assimilation of a tough experience and learning from adversities.

Example: A man dreamed of alligators following him. In waking life, he was trying to avoid financial bankruptcy. In this case, the alligators may have reflected his sense of danger about his failing finances and inability to cover bills having to potential to cause financial ruin.

Example 2: A man dreamed of being chased by a flying alligator. In waking life, he was severely traumatized by a hurricane disaster. In this case, being chased by a flying alligator may have reflected the dreamer's feelings about the lingering and dangerous possibility of another hurricane occurring.

Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing an alligator chasing his daughter. In waking life, he got very angry with his daughter because he feared for her safety. He felt that he may have overreacted. In this case, the alligator chasing his daughter may have reflected the perceived danger or threat he believed his daughter was facing, causing him to feel shaken and overprotective.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of holding a baby alligator. In waking life, she was threatening her husband with God's wrath because he had cheated on her with another woman. In this case, the alligator may have reflected her feelings about her threats intending to convey a sense of imminent danger and consequences for her husband's infidelity. She felt that God's wrath was a lurking spiritual threat that her husband needed to fear if he was to continue living immorally.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of walking over a tightrope with alligators below her. In waking life, she was carefully trying to maintain perfectly acceptable behavior at work to avoid being fired. In this case, the alligators may have reflected her feelings about the potential or lurking threat of being fired if she made a mistake at work. She felt that lots of people at her workplace were gossiping about her making the problem worse.

Example 6: A man dreamed of seeing an alligator-headed man raping another man anally. In waking life, he was he felt that leaving for vacation wasn't possible because a dangerous lurking legal threat appeared right before he left for vacation. In this case, the alligator man raping the other man may have reflected the dreamer's overwhelming sense of violation and helplessness in the face of a sudden and unexpected potentially dangerous legal threat that disrupted his plans for a vacation.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of seeing a dangerous alligator with its teeth falling out. In waking life, her father-in-law was safely recovering in the hospital after a serious fall. In this case, the alligator with teeth falling out may have reflected her feelings about the lurking threat to her father-in-law's health which was beginning to lose vitality as hospital staff helped him to recover.

Alsatian

*Please See German Shepherd

Anaconda

To dream of anaconda represents feelings of being powerlessly restricted. It may also reflect your own attempts to guarantee that someone else is totally cut off from their goals. The threat of failure by being slowly restricted. Feelings about relationships or business dealing being gradually "strangled" or "suffocated" by problems.

Example: A woman dreamed of having to kill an anaconda snake. In waking life she had to fight against someone who was making comments about her business which was causing her to gradually lose a lot of money.

*Please See Boa Constrictor

Ancient Egyptian Dogs

*Please See Ibizan Hound

Anteater

To dream of an anteater represents your feelings about yourself or others doings things that are noticeably unusual or too weird to other people. Interests that other people find eccentric, gross, or nerdy. Tastes for things that others don't understand or are repelled by.

Alternatively, an anteater may be a sign that you are totally uninterested in someone else's unusual habits.

Negatively, an anteater may represent an obsession with something that is very off-putting or boring to others.

Antelopes

To dream of an antelope represents feelings about behavior that doesn't think it's important do anything different from what it's already doing unless it's serious. Not believing in anyone else's problems while enjoying a situation the way it is. Behavior that accept itself as not being interesting, but shocks or gets angry if you surprise it. Not needing to believe in yourself more than you already are. Passive acceptance of life the way it is. Avoidance for protection.

Satisfaction with job the way it is, not believing anything exceptional matters in the current moment, or accepting a situation as usual without needing to change.

Negatively, an antelope may represents behavior that scares you that it can simply handle a problem without doing anything to fix it. Feeling that nothing is ever going to be fantastically progressive without using fear or anger as a weapon. Annoyance that someone doesn't think anything else needs to be done. Passive emptiness. Behavior that isn't afraid to never do someone else a favor if they don't want to. Feeling that day to day routine is awful. Rushing caused by fear or anger.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing an antelope at a circus. In waking life he was trying to get a job. The antelope in this case may have reflected his feelings about himself or another job applicant he spoke to not needing to increase job experience on their resume unless an employer noted it.

*Please See Gazelles

*Please See Wildebeests

Apes

To dream of an ape represents an aspect of yourself that is childish, primitive, overreacting, or irresponsible. You or someone else that has gone overboard. A sign that you need to calm down or be more objective. Feelings about yourself or someone else making an egotistical mistake. Behavior that looks stupid thinking it isn't stupid.

To dream of calling someone an ape may represent a person or situation that you feel is childish, primitive, overreacting, or irresponsible.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing 2 human looking apes become very angry and fire a canon in his direction. In waking life the man told 2 people news that made them very angry and they reacted with anger and childish insults. He felt they looked stupid getting back at him.

*Please See Monkey

*Please See Gorillas

*Please See Baboon

Armadillo

To dream of an armadillo represents your feelings about unbearable resistance. Forsaking all happiness or comfort for the sake up surviving or persisting. Putting up with conditions that most people consider terrible as though they were normal. Disbelief or shock at how much adversity or negativity someone else is willing to put up with. You or someone else that feels comfortable never thinking of anything nice for themselves.

Alternatively, an armadillo may reflect your extreme sensitivity to change or risk.

A sign that you or someone else may have a big problem letting go or relaxing. Being too accustomed to never enjoying anything.

Baboon

To dream of a baboon represents you or someone else that is intentionally inappropriate. Inconsiderate behavior. It may also reflect people or behavior that does what it wants even after being told not to.

Badgers

To see a badger in a dream represents an aspect of your personality that never gives up. Something in your life may feel like it won't go away or will never listen to you no matter what you resist it with. Menacing intimidation. Someone that is giving you a hard time.

Positively, you may be very persistent in pursuing a goal or defeating a rival that you refuse to give up on. Fiercely fighting for a cause. Startling others with your fierce persistence. Determination that is intimidating or dangerous to your enemies.