Background

What are coffin dreams about?

A coffin is a container for the remains of a deceased person. Coffins can be ornate or they can be simple. Because of their intended use, coffins have a strong association with death. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about coffin dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with coffin dreams. These are the words that make coffin dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of coffin dreams can be illuminating about show coffins affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example coffin dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how coffins in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that coffin is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that coffin is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, coffin dreams have more death than 99.3% of dream symbols, more sad dreams than 96.9% of dream symbols, and more health events than 94.0% of dream symbols. On the other hand, coffin dreams have less transportation than 95.2% of dream symbols, less schools than 94.2% of dream symbols, and less lucid dreams than 93.8% of dream symbols. Notably, coffin dreams are about death. Better stated, coffin dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of coffins is different than dreams of coffins in general.

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How common are coffin dreams?

0.2% of dreams have the coffins symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 500 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very rare.

Identification

How are coffin dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like coffin. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols things and death.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of coffins?

Coffins dreams are notable because they have substantially more funerals, cemeteries, limousines, bird cages, nightmare loops, burying, small cats, luminous bodies, beggars, landslides, fetuses than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of coffins?

Coffins do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into coffin dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in coffin dreams.

Who is in dreams of coffins?

Who is in dreams of coffins?

Coffin dreams are more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of coffins?

What are the emotions in dreams of coffins?

Coffin dreams are less related to embarrassment, less related to confusion, and less related to pain.

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Where do dreams of coffins take place?

Where do dreams of coffins take place?

Dreams of coffins are much less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.

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What happens in dreams of coffins?

What happens in dreams of coffins?

Coffin dreams are much more related to death and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to sex.

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How do dreams of coffins related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of coffins related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of coffins are more related to sleep paralysis, more related to bad dreams, and more related to weird dreams than dreams in general. They are much less related to lucid dreams and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of coffins related the senses?

How do dreams of coffins related the senses?

Dreams of coffins are less related to hearing, much less related to taste, and less related to touch.

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How can you make sense of coffins in dreams?

Coffin dreams are very rare. Among other things coffin dreams are about death. Do you think this is true for your dream of coffins? How might your dream of coffins be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience coffins in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about coffins in dreams. See how you feel about coffins now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of coffin dreams

An interpretation of coffin dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. A coffin is one of those dream symbols that can spark worry and dread, but like everything else in dreams it’s symbolism. The trick is to figure out which personal or common association is used to create the symbolism. Coffins are commonly associated with death, and death in dreams can refer to figurative death: death of a relationship, death of the “old you,” the end of a phase of life, a big change in the way you feel or think. A coffin can symbolize something that you want to put in the past, that you never want to see again. The imagery of closing or burying a coffin arises most commonly in dreams after the end of a contentious relationship or difficult time of life. Burying a coffin can be associated with ideas like burying a grudge, burying the past, and burying memories. See: Burying A closed coffin in a dream can indicate that something in your life has come to a close. The lid of the coffin closes, and that’s the end. Digging up a coffin can symbolize digging up old memories or uncovering buried feelings. Of course, a coffin in a dream can refer to an event in your life, such as the death of someone you know. It can indicate that something about that event still needs to be processed, especially your emotions. Being in a coffin can symbolize confinement. A dull, listless, or depressed existence is comparable to slowly rotting away even though you’re alive. Something’s killing you inside. You might be stuck in a situation or place where you’ve been too long. See: Cages, Jails It can symbolize claustrophobia or fear of death. It can symbolize keeping secrets, something that will “go to the grave” with you. As with all symbols, your feelings are your guide. If the image of the coffin in your dream makes you feel relieved, it can mean you are happy that something is over and done. You’re ready to move on. If you feel anxious or worse, it can mean something still needs to be dealt with, perhaps something that you buried and tried to forget. The longer it remains unresolved, the worse it becomes. See also: Body parts, Burying, Cages, Death, Emotions, Fear, Funerals, Ghosts, Cemeteries, Jails, Prisoners

Examples of dreams of coffins

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of coffin dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for coffin dreams. Read at your own risk.

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