What are devil dreams about?
This symbol is identified by words like devil and satan.
Devils in dreams is a uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.8% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 150 dreams.
What are the major highlights of devil dreams?
Devils is a normal dream symbol. Having devils in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.
Dreams with devils might be a nightmare
Dreams of devils are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain devils might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with devils are not nightmares. But, dreams of devils are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include locks, hunger, other fantastic beings, uncategorized, general body parts, yelling, trying, stomachs, therapists, and back doors.
Devil dreams are very social
Dreams of devils contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of devils are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include clergy, communicating, kings, speaking, uncles, old friends, deer, wolves, elderly people, and angels.
Devil dreams are scary
Dreams containing devils are more related to fear than 90% of all other dream symbols. Of course each dream is unique and this does not mean that all dreams of devils are about fear. It simply means that if you dream of devils, this dream has a great chance of being scarier than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include opened my eyes, yelling, panic, Ecuador, red eyes, creatures, raccoons, demons, cursing, and movement.
What symbols more present in dreams of devils?
Devil dreams are notable because they have substantially more angels, demons, goats, verbs, possessing, El Salvador, Somalia, red, red eyes, souls, evil, yellow eyes, voice, Haiti, cursing, heaven, hollywood, hell, disguises, communicating, pinecones, thrones, magical places, praying, afterlife, things, armageddon, triangles, clergy, other fantastic beings, Denmark, cults, speaking, laundry rooms, magic, creatures, armor, masturbation, fear, churches, dungeons, spirits, black, sparrows, candles, suffering, witches, white eyes, cold sweats, Madagascar, general movement, shadows, erupting, ears, violet, brightness, betrayal, fires, torturing, and ascending than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols less present in dreams of devils?
Devil dreams are notable because they have substantially less boyfriends, old friends, lunch, food, planes, crushes, bathrooms, whales, captains, rockets, fiances, ditching, buses, garages, romantic partners, break ups, spaceships, waking life, floods, food in general, hit the ground, former partners, trains, fantastic beings, characters, tigers, recurring dreams, subconscious, presidents, transportation, bicycles, kissing, mice, schools, police, and eggs than 95% of other dream symbols.
How does the dream symbol of devils affect the different aspects of a dream?
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Who is in devils dreams?
Overall, dreams with devils are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of devils are much more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to different roles, less related to distant people, and less related to close people.
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What are the emotions in devils dreams?
Overall, dreams with devils are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of devils are much more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to grief and sorrow, less related to embarrassment, and less related to confusion.
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Who is in devils dreams?
Overall, dreams with devils are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of devils are much more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human places.
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What happens in devils dreams?
Overall, dreams with devils are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of devils are more related to sex and more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive interactions.
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How do devils in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?
Overall, dreams with devils are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of devils are much more related to nightmares, more related to recurring nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to waking life.
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How can you make sense of devils in dreams?
Devil dreams are uncommon. Among other things devil dreams are normally interconnect, nightmare, very social, and scary.
Do you think this is true for your dream of devils? How might your dream of devils be different?
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
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience devils in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
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 devils in dreams. See how you feel about devils now, in your waking life.
What are possible meanings for dreams of devils?
A good discussion of the general symbolism of devils and demons is covered in these entries: Demon, Evil. However, some things can be said separately about a devil dream character—or the devil, aka Satan or Lucifer. These characters can come with religious overtones, but unless you have a religious bent they’re likely to be pure symbolism and have little to do with religious ideas of the devil. This is important to mention off the bat because many people assume that a powerful dream featuring an evil character such as Satan means they’re confronted by spiritual evil, and that’s just not the case.
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If you strongly believe you can be influenced or tempted by the devil, the theme is more likely to pop up in your dreams. However, it’s not a requirement, it just means that the idea is already planted in your mind.
The difference between demons and devils is that demons are understood as minions or soldiers, whereas devils tend to have more personal distinction and authority. Demons are many, the devil is singular, though the terms are used interchangeably.
That idea applied to your dreams can be used to differentiate between many and one. For example, demons can be used to describe many temptations, and a devil is used to describe one especially bad one. Demons can be used to describe something general such as fear, and the devil can be used to describe fear of something specific. Demons can be used to describe many thoughts plaguing you, and the devil can be used to describe one thought plaguing you. See: Demons
The devil as a character appears in dreams as a singular figure. It might symbolize something in your life causing real problems, something dangerous. But dreams exaggerate, and the devil can represent something relatively harmless. For example, a mischievous child is described as a “little devil.” A troublesome temper can be described as “a devil inside.” Compared to a real encounter with the devil itself, a troublesome temper is easier to handle!
Satan and Lucifer are specific devils. When they appear in a dream it can mean something is not just bad, it’s really bad. It’s awful.
For example, a young woman dreams that Satan crawls into her bed. At first she thinks it’s her boyfriend and she welcomes the presence. Then she realizes it’s ... Satan! And he has her in his clutches. She feels his erection enter her from behind and she can’t do anything to stop it. It has a strange pull on her—she even starts to enjoy it, but at the same time she hates it and is scared out of her mind that she’ll get pregnant. The dream symbolizes her fear of getting pregnant. It’s a thought that terrifies her, but she enjoys sex with her boyfriend so what’s a girl to do? Satan is used to dramatize the story because she doesn’t just fear accidentally getting pregnant, she’s terrified. It would make her life a living hell.
A young man dreams about being anally raped by Satan. He reaches around, pulls out excrement and rubs it in Satan’s face. Satan returns the favor by rubbing it in his face. Satan laughs and says he will never be free. The dream dramatizes an awful situation. The young man is locked in a nonstop war of words with a classmate. They say the nastiest things to each other, as symbolized by rubbing shit in each other’s faces. The dreamer sees no end to the situation; he’ll “never be free” of it. In an exaggerated way, it feels like anal rape, and Satan represents “my tormentor.”
A woman dreams that she’s pregnant with Satan’s baby and desperate to get an abortion. The dream symbolizes evil thoughts that have wormed into her head. She’s in a really dark place and is desperate to get out of it before it changes her for the worse.
A woman dreams that she’s at Lucifer’s wedding. The scenery is decorated in black, but otherwise there’s nothing else dark or malicious about the scene. The dreamer is in the wedding party, waiting for Lucifer to arrive. The dream then flashes to the kitchen, where she helps to decorate the wedding cake. It’s shaped to look like a ruined building, and the dreamer puts on the icing.
Quite simply, this dream is about the dreamer changing, and the new direction she’s going is symbolized as participating in Lucifer’s wedding. Wedding can mean “wedded to” in the sense of bonding or uniting, and that’s a great analogy for new beliefs, values, and ways of thinking that become part of you. They bond with the ego. The cake in the shape of a ruined building shows that her belief structure is changing, and putting icing on the cake is a way of saying the process is close to completion.
The key clue is found in the dreamer’s associations with Lucifer as accepting of everyone, in stark contrast to her experience with intolerant religious people. The Lucifer of the dream is not the Lucifer of the Bible. This Lucifer is a projection of the dreamer’s perceptions, a contrast of everything she perceives about religious people. She’s moving toward becoming more accepting of everyone and that’s symbolized as a wedding with Lucifer. Being the bride in that scenario has a different connotation, so the dream shows her in the wedding party.
As seen in the above example, the key to deciphering the symbolism is to connect the dream devil with what it means to you. This is a very important point, especially with characters like Satan and Lucifer, because while they can represent religious associations with them, that doesn’t automatically mean they do.
Of course, always consider the possibility that a dream character is part of the scene, not a central actor in it. For example, if your life is hell and your dreams create a metaphor for it, a devil or demon might just go with the territory. It depends on the role the character plays. Usually, though, every detail of a dream is meaningful and connects with the story.
See also: Death, Demons, Dragons, Enemies, Evil, Hell, Infesting, Nazis, Possessing, Shadows
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.
Examples of dreams of devils
Read some real dream reports of devil dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.
Devil Smiled and Waved
So I'm just going to copy and paste what I wrote the moment I woke up at 3:00am from this.
"what the fuck just happened to me?
in my nightmare I was in my apartment with a couple people I don't know. I had taken shrooms and was just tripping throughout the night, then I saw the devil for a moment, full form, and he smiled and waved at me, very friendly - I was aware that I was tripping on shrooms but unaware that I was dreaming. All of a sudden I'm in front the house where I grew up. As I take my first step to cross the street toward the house, I see two cars coming from the right, speed pass by me. One of the cars is mine being driven by my cousin.. Everything happens in slow motion.. I see the cars super slowly go past me.. but all of a sudden, I'm in the air... then I'm on the ground with blood in my hands, my teeth are gone, I obliterated.
My own car hit me while they were racing. I'm in the air, slow motion i don't see anyone but i hear my mom's voice yelling "omg, omg, omg, Elijah's dead" and I remember thinking "wow...i'm gone..." and thinking that the DMT experience was about to kick in and I was about to have a spiritual experience.. I start floating above my body in peace then I woke up...scared, shaking, and crying. Now I can't sleep."
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When I was 7 years old and in the exact spot where I was about to cross the street. A man at the stop sign signaled for me to go ahead and he actually tried to run me over. Maybe it's related to trauma of some kind..
So I'm just going to copy and paste what I wrote the moment I woke up at 3:00am from this.
"what the fuck just happened to me?
in my nightmare I was in my...
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I had a weird sex dream
In this sex dream, an alien entered my room (IDK how) it had these weird fingers or something on its face, it latched onto my face then it transferred some sort of liquid that transformed me to be fit for mating. It felt like I was transforming, my dick grew(balls too!) but I was sort conscious during the whole thing and I made the move and started the devil's tango
it was the second-best sex dream I had
In this sex dream, an alien entered my room (IDK how) it had these weird fingers or something on its face, it latched onto my face then it transferred some sort...
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Im so worried about this
I just had a dream where I was watching some horror movie about satan or something. then something in my room started acting up, moving on its own. it started following me. i called my dad and showed it to him. it didnt stop. It sort of kept following me. it wouldn't even break. so after giving up i decide that it will end only after i die.
but then theres this voice that says that even after i die i will be owned by him in after life or something like that. Like the Devil.
This creeped me out so much i wokeup with so much anxiety. im a hindu and I dont really believe in this. what could this mean?
I just had a dream where I was watching some horror movie about satan or something. then something in my room started acting up, moving on its own. it started...
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I am a deer man. The devil is behind me and stroking my ears.
In my dream, I am part human and part deer. Kind of like an anime in that I am mostly still human, but I had deer ears on top of my head (also human ears, too) and maybe deer nose and eyes.
Behind me is what I assume or interpret as the devil. A man with long horns, but his face looks either goat-like or dragon-like. I recall him having a long neck that looked lizard-like, which went along with the dragon-like appearance. His hands could move and bend like human hands, but they also seemed talon-like. He was taller than me by a foot or two.
He is standing behind me and at first rubs his hands through my hair to make his way to my deer ears, where he strokes them together. I can see all this very clearly as I believe I am looking through a mirror or am seeing this as the spectator but still can feel what he is doing. In truth, having my deer ears stroked feels nice. As I continue to watch and feel him stroking me, I notice he keep nodding his head in agreement. I feel he is answering "yes," but I do not fully recall the question.
As good as this feels, I sense I could be in danger, though I am uncertain if I am or not. The fear alone is enough to cause me to start to wake up.
I am starting to wake up; the end of the dream is a bit unclear... But he tries to say something which I cannot hear. He presents to me a bone, which comes from him. I am uncertain if the bone came from him picking his teeth or picked the bone out of his neck. The bone is either a collarbone, rib bone, or neck bone. As I wake up, I sense a feeling as if he is upset that I am leaving without first accepting his offering.
At this point, I am awake. What do you think of my dream?
In my dream, I am part human and part deer. Kind of like an anime in that I am mostly still human, but I had deer ears on top of my head (also human ears, too)...
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I am seventeen and don't do drugs and this was my dream
A Devil with humongous breasts comes and most of the people go to suck on it. There is cocaine in the devil's breast milk .People get addicted and start killing other people who deny sucking the devil's breasts. Apparently I am the leader of the group which is anti devil breast milk
We fight a war and my group lose because the others are fueled by cocaine enriched breast milk .
A Devil with humongous breasts comes and most of the people go to suck on it. There is cocaine in the devil's breast milk .People get addicted and start killing...
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