Another Shadowy-Creature-in-Water Dream
The rest of you probably aren't as fascinated by this as I am, but I think that there's only been one other time in my life when my dreams were working out a clear, consistent issue over several nights.
Last night I had a reprise of the themes of a large, shadowy sea creature and -- surprisingly -- a little girl in a harness.
I'm not sure what the point or goal of the activity was in the dream, but my young (8-9 years old?) daughter -- who didn't necessarily seem to be Wolfling -- and I were out in some large body of water with a man who was helping us prepare for whatever-it-was. The only thing that was clear was that we were to be in the water while a 5'-6' fish swam under us, close enough to touch. (Maybe he was taking pictures or making a movie? Maybe he was simply a manifestation of my daimon trying to help me work through the Water stuff.)
My daughter was wearing a hariness that looked kind of like a light parachute harness. I think she was supposed to be strapped to me as if we were tandem hang gliding, but the purpose never did become clear. Maybe it was a symbol for my concern for her, trying to keep her safe?
We were both in and not in the water (dream ambiguity). The man was telling us that the fish had been released, and we could see it swimming far below. There was a sense that it was hanging out and waiting for us -- but as a partner, not a predator. It was evidently supposed to appear to be a shark, but it looked like a giant white and orange carp.
As with my boat dream, the little girl was evidently supposed to go first, and I was explaining to her that she didn't need to be afraid, that the fish might come up close enough to touch the bottoms of her feet, but that was all that would happen. Unlike the girl in the previous dream, this one didn't seem frightened about what was going on.
Maybe the little girl is myself?
And then we were away from the water, and there was all kinds of drama on land. After an interval we were returning to the water and walking past a group of men who were gathered around a campfire or cookout. We called out to them, and they immediately started cheering and applauding my daughter. We tried to go through a gate onto a paved path to take us back to the beach, but a long, sleek poisonous talking snake was in the way. Our guide offered it food, which the snake accepted, but still refused to let us path. We had to go around.
I'm not sure we ever got back to the water. . . Or if we did, I know we didn't actually get to the point where both the daughter and I were in the water and giant fish passed under us. The images of the 'other path' were of a civilization under siege: crumbling buildings, poverty, people toiling in menial jobs to get barely enough money to live.
Keys to this dream: I was being assisted by a man -- and receiving moral support from other men -- but my dad did not appear in the dream at all. The shadowy creature in the depths was more visible and clearly harmless -- although it still made me nervous simply because of its size and unfamiliarity. The little girl might have been nervous, but she wasn't in a panic about what she was being asked to do.
I'm hoping that eventually I'm going to be in the water and making nice with the sea creature. We'll see how things progress. . .
Last night I had a reprise of the themes of a large, shadowy sea creature and -- surprisingly -- a little girl in a harness.
I'm not sure what the point or goal of the activity was in the dream, but my young (8-9 years old?) daughter -- who didn't necessarily seem to be Wolfling -- and I were out in some large body of water with a man who was helping us prepare for whatever-it-was. The only thing that was clear was that we were to be in the water while a 5'-6' fish swam under us, close enough to touch. (Maybe he was taking pictures or making a movie? Maybe he was simply a manifestation of my daimon trying to help me work through the Water stuff.)
My daughter was wearing a hariness that looked kind of like a light parachute harness. I think she was supposed to be strapped to me as if we were tandem hang gliding, but the purpose never did become clear. Maybe it was a symbol for my concern for her, trying to keep her safe?
We were both in and not in the water (dream ambiguity). The man was telling us that the fish had been released, and we could see it swimming far below. There was a sense that it was hanging out and waiting for us -- but as a partner, not a predator. It was evidently supposed to appear to be a shark, but it looked like a giant white and orange carp.
As with my boat dream, the little girl was evidently supposed to go first, and I was explaining to her that she didn't need to be afraid, that the fish might come up close enough to touch the bottoms of her feet, but that was all that would happen. Unlike the girl in the previous dream, this one didn't seem frightened about what was going on.
Maybe the little girl is myself?
And then we were away from the water, and there was all kinds of drama on land. After an interval we were returning to the water and walking past a group of men who were gathered around a campfire or cookout. We called out to them, and they immediately started cheering and applauding my daughter. We tried to go through a gate onto a paved path to take us back to the beach, but a long, sleek poisonous talking snake was in the way. Our guide offered it food, which the snake accepted, but still refused to let us path. We had to go around.
I'm not sure we ever got back to the water. . . Or if we did, I know we didn't actually get to the point where both the daughter and I were in the water and giant fish passed under us. The images of the 'other path' were of a civilization under siege: crumbling buildings, poverty, people toiling in menial jobs to get barely enough money to live.
Keys to this dream: I was being assisted by a man -- and receiving moral support from other men -- but my dad did not appear in the dream at all. The shadowy creature in the depths was more visible and clearly harmless -- although it still made me nervous simply because of its size and unfamiliarity. The little girl might have been nervous, but she wasn't in a panic about what she was being asked to do.
I'm hoping that eventually I'm going to be in the water and making nice with the sea creature. We'll see how things progress. . .