Each animal, familiar to us from childhood, is endowed with quite human qualities. Even as adults, we cannot wean ourselves from the fact that the fox is cunning, the dog is faithful, and the raven is smart. And when they penetrate our dreams, the interpretation of dreams becomes more than understandable. Everything happens on an intuitive level, and the values obtained are almost always extremely accurate. But it’s not immediately possible to answer the question of what the elephant is dreaming of, because many of us have seen this huge animal only in pictures and cannot immediately characterize it. In such cases, one has to turn to numerous interpreters.
Why is the elephant dreaming? Freud answers
First, let's turn to the father of psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud. He created a special interpretation of dreams (a dream book for psychotherapists), based on internal psychological processes. It cannot be said how biased his interpretations of images are, according toat least they allow us to consider the question of interest to many from the point of view of science.
So, the elephant, according to Freud, is one of the few animals that denotes the male sexual organ in a dream. And it will be very good if a woman dreamed of an elephant. Communication with this powerful animal, and especially a ride on it, will mean for her a quick change in relations with her sexual partner. And - for the better.
But if a man dreamed of an elephant, you can’t expect anything good, because for him this beast that appeared in a dream means the presence of hidden homosexual inclinations. And the longer they communicated in a dream, the sooner the dreamer's inclinations will be revealed to everyone else.
What is the dream of an elephant according to Miller
Another founder of the equally popular dream book, Gustavus Hindman Miller, who bases his interpretations on the cultural traditions of many peoples, interprets this mammal from a friendlier side.
The appearance of an elephant in a dream means that soon the dreamer will succeed in an enterprise that should bring him real we alth. This is especially pronounced in cases where the dreamer rides an elephant. The same applies to the herd of elephants seen in a dream - this is an extremely auspicious sign.
But a lone elephant grazing nearby is a less fortunate sign. It only means the rapid growth of the dreamer's reputation in the eyes of the society around him. So to speak, a banal rating increase.
Why is the elephant dreaming? Loff's interpretation
David Loff - one of the prominent psychologists of his time - believes that the symbolism of sleep is purely individual, and its meanings quite often differ if we take several individual people. However, he still gives some general meanings of the images that appear in a dream.
The elephant, in his opinion, is a symbol of memory, given the opinion of those people who have lived next to this animal all their lives. Therefore, one of the possible meanings of sleep is a subconscious sign of a memory, of something forgotten, but important at a given moment in time. It is even possible that this will help solve any of the dreamer's problems.
Another symbolic meaning that can easily be attributed to this beast is strength. In this case, the interpretation of sleep may mean a call to action and mobilization of one's internal resources.
