Today I've opened our old transcribed Egyptian dream-book after a very long time. But this time I had a really good reason, as the dream I had last night was rather... hmmm, let's say interesting.
In the dream I looked out of the window onto our balcony (the balcony in my parents' flat) and saw there a hippopotamus (I think it was a Liberian hippo, as the normal-size one wouldn't probably get into our balcony) hanging on a rope (he had the rope tied around his waste). I suppose he might have been trying to commit suicide or something. Or maybe someone was trying to hang him (who knows?).
However, this didn't last long, as he was soon lying on the tiles (maybe he was too heavy for the rope), looking rather hungry. In the dream I had two main concerns: 1) to give him something to eat (so that he won't eat us? now I think about it, I suppose that hippos are vegetarians) and 2) to call the zoo. And I had a problem with both: 1) my mother was rather reluctant when I suggested we should feed the hippo (I still don't know why) and 2) the phone book provided us with strange telephone numbers containing both numbers and letters, which (surprisingly) didn't work. The hippopotamus became quite angry and then suddenly he was in our living room trying to... what? kill me?... and then I suddenly realized that in fact it wasn't a hippo at all, but my boyfriend enchanted to look like a hippo. And I kept trying to persuade him that it wouldn't be a wise idea to kill me, as he loves me...
That's all I remember.
And now the results of my research in our dream-book:
- no hippo in the Egyptian dream-book (maybe there were no hippos in ancient Egypt)
- a mad/angry animal = you overcome a danger
So I tried the dream-books online and there was only one with an entry about hippos. And this is the translation of what stood there:
"A hippopotamus symbolizes instincts hidden just under the surface of
consciousness, instincts moving around the boundary between consciousness and
subconsciousness of the person having the dream; see also cattle."
I feel I'm not yet ready to speculate about the meaning of this.
So let's present my boyfriend's recent dream:
He was in a well and some people high above through a man down the well. But he was still alive when he hit the bottom, so my boyfriend killed him but there was no corpse. No man. No dead body. It made a strong impression on my boyfriend (apparently), so he asked me to look it up in my dream-book. And here are the results combined with the results of my dream:
- to kill = there will be a wedding soon
- a murderer = someone wants to seduce you
- a mad/angry animal = you overcome a danger
- a balcony - to stand on it = your position is uncertain
My version of the possible story:
There is a girl who wants to seduce my boyfriend and probably "get pregnant" so that he would have to marry her. This will pose a strong threat on our relationship but in the end the truth will reveal itself and we will realize she isn't pregnant at all; just pretending it. The wedding will be cancelled and we will live happily ever after.
What do you think?
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