dream symbolism
Sleep-vision interpretation system
Dream symbolism is the interpretation of images, objects, and events in dreams as representations of deeper meanings, emotions, or unconscious thoughts.
The practice assumes that dreams communicate through metaphor rather than literally—a falling dream might represent anxiety about losing control, while water could symbolize emotions.
Dream symbolism has roots in ancient divination practices but gained modern prominence through psychoanalysis, particularly Freud and Jung, who saw dreams as windows into the unconscious mind.
She consulted a dream dictionary to decode the symbolism of her recurring nightmare.
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- hidden meaningUnspoken message beneath surface
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- trickster figureMyth's chaos-bringing protagonist
divine message · ancestral wisdom · collective unconscious · folklore · symbolic language · shadow self · inner child · repression · spirit guide · dreamscapes · REM sleep · lucid dreaming · Freudian analysis · Freud · projection · intuition · dreams · prophetic vision
- dreamsnightmare, dreaming, daydream, nightmares, dreams
- literary devicesmetaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- literary psychologypsychological depth, psychological conflict, inner monologue, stream of consciousness, subconscious
- dream magiclucid dreaming, lucid dreams, prophetic dreams, dreamscape, psychic dreams
- Jungian conceptscollective unconscious, Carl Jung