Dream About Gorilla
An ambivalent image that most often symbolizes the forbidden male instinct.
Gorilla in a dream
An ambivalent image that most often symbolizes the forbidden male instinct. Women often dream of a gorilla in connection with a man they are resisting: trying to fight off his significance, they picture him as a wild animal. When the image appears to men — which happens far more rarely — it points to the dominance of a possessive mother.
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What does gorilla mean in a dream?
In scientific dream interpretation, the Gorilla is a semantic image: it conveys its meaning through figurative correspondence. An ambivalent image, it most often symbolizes the forbidden male instinct. Women often dream of a gorilla in connection with a man they are resisting: trying to fight off his significance, they picture him as a wild animal. When the image appears to men — which happens far more rarely — it points to the dominance of a possessive mother. For an accurate reading, weigh the overall context of the dream, the images that appear alongside it, and the emotional state experienced during sleep.
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Aggression without cause; vital energy being burned off — or drained away into the mechanism of false attitudes.
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Represents another civilization, ideology, or morality that the dreamer seeks and loves.
Small town
A symbol with many meanings, defined by the context of the specific action; it often points to childhood and childhood friends, to the first emotional attachments and the family circle.
Hospitality
Points to mistrust on the part of the hospitable person.
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Represents an entrenched situation of stagnation, prone to regression or to the influence of negative semantics.
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