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What are creature dreams about?

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 creature dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how creatures in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that creature is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that creature is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, creature dreams have more animals than 99.7% of dream symbols, more fantastic beings than 99.7% of dream symbols, and more nightmares than 96.3% of dream symbols. On the other hand, creature dreams have less romantic partners than 90.5% of dream symbols, less family than 87.1% of dream symbols, and less sex than 83.1% of dream symbols. Notably, creature dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that creatures is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of creatures are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Furthermore, dreams of creatures are aggressive! Creature dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Finally, dreams of creatures are very social! Creature dreams contain more characters tan 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams, in general, are very social. There are people or characters in almost every dream, so it is notable that creature dreams have are so social. 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 creatures is different than dreams of creatures in general.

2.6%

of dreams have creatures

How common are creature dreams?

2.6% of dreams have the creatures symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 40 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are creature dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like creature. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and animals.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of creatures?

Creatures dreams are notable because they have substantially more goblins, Gollum, centaurs, verbs, eels, Dobby, robots, being chased by a monster, devouring, squids, octopus than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of creatures?

Creatures dreams are notable because they have substantially less abscesses, Kenya, Kuwait, landslides, Laos, Lebanon, Legolas, Luke Skywalker, magnifying glasses, Malaysia, Morocco than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into creature dreams

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

Who is in dreams of creatures?

Who is in dreams of creatures?

Dreams of creatures are much more related to animals, much more related to insects, and much more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to strangers, and less related to peers.

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What are the emotions in dreams of creatures?

What are the emotions in dreams of creatures?

Creature dreams are much more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to embarrassment.

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Where do dreams of creatures take place?

Where do dreams of creatures take place?

Creature dreams are more related to natural places and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.

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What happens in dreams of creatures?

What happens in dreams of creatures?

Dreams of creatures are more related to aggressive acts, more related to eating and drinking, and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to sex.

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

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

Dreams of creatures are more related to lucid dreams, much more related to nightmares, and much more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to vivid dreams and less related to sad dreams.

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How do dreams of creatures related the senses?

How do dreams of creatures related the senses?

Dreams of creatures are more related to hearing, more related to vision, and more related to touch than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of creatures in dreams?

Creature dreams are relatively common. Among other things creature dreams are nightmares, aggressive, and very social. Do you think this is true for your dream of creatures? How might your dream of creatures 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 creatures 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 creatures in dreams. See how you feel about creatures now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of creature dreams

An interpretation of creature 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 creature in your dream can symbolize seeing yourself or someone else as different or unusual, even to the point of being sub-human. It can be an exaggerated way of expressing that someone isn’t acting right. A creature can symbolize something about yourself you don’t recognize—what is that thing you see in the mirror? A creature can symbolize something that’s rejected, shunned, repressed, hurt, resentful, aggrieved, or unmanageable. Taking form as a creature is a graphic way for something about yourself to get your attention and show, in an exaggerated way, how you treat yourself or how you feel. A creature in your dream can be a reflection of a side of yourself brought out by stress, fear, anger, or anxiety. Think: Mr. Hyde, or the Incredible Hulk, creatures that emerge from their host. See: Monsters For a great example of a creature used in a dream, see: Skin. See also: Ghosts, Monsters, Nightmares, Panic, Skin, Vampires, Werewolves

Examples of dreams of creatures

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 creature 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 creature dreams. Read at your own risk.

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