Animals in Dreams of Children, Adolescents, and Adults: The UK Library Study

Schredl, Michael; Blagrove, Mark

doi:10.1177/0276236620960634

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“…A recent study explored more than two thousands dreams ( [17]). It found that the most frequent animals in animal dreams were dogs, cats, and horses.…”

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“…One limitation of the study was the sex of participants, because most of participants were female. According to Schredl et al ( [17]), the sex of participants may affect potential kinds of animals in dreams. For example ( [17], p.10), "dogs and horses were more often found in female dreams whereas fantasy/prehistoric animals were more prominent in male dreams."…”

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“…Sometimes there are animals in dreams ( [15][16][17][18][19]). The percentage of animal dreams was not high.…”

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Elder relatives in waking life correlated with both elder relatives in dreams and animals in dreams

2023

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There are dream metaphors that express waking-life experiences indirectly. Animals in dreams has been speculated to be related to dream metaphors. Here we explored if there was correlation between daily diaries related to elder relatives and animals in dreams. Methods: for one day, 270 participants recorded waking-life experiences in daily diaries before sleeping, and recorded their dreams upon waking. Two external judges rated if there were any content related to elder relatives in both daily diaries and dreams, and rated if both daily diaries and dreams contained content related to animals. Results: the frequency for daily diaries related to elder relatives was 19.6%; the frequency for daily diaries related to animals was 2.6%; the frequency for animals in dreams was 13.7%; the frequency for elder relatives in dreams was 21.5%. The most two frequency animals in dreams were dogs and cats. Recording daily diaries related to elder relatives was correlated with both dreaming about elder relatives and dreaming about animals. In addition, recording daily diaries related to animals was correlated with dreaming about animals. Conclusion: Results supported the continuity hypothesis. In addition, some animals in dreams represented elder relatives in waking life metaphorically.

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“…A recent study explored more than two thousands dreams ( [17]). It found that the most frequent animals in animal dreams were dogs, cats, and horses.…”

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Elder relatives in waking life correlated with both elder relatives in dreams and animals in dreams

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“…Most dreamer-animal interactions (Yo Adhirohati) in dreams (Swapne) are negative (Skandato Bhayam). 48 Animals (Mayura, Kukkuta, Basta & Mesha) in dreams (Swapne) generally represents wakinglife experiences of a dreamer with those animals. 49 It has been found that dreams with animal figures (Mayura, Kukkuta, Basta & Mesha) have a great deal of violent activity and the dreamer experiences fear (Skandato Bhayam).…”

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Aushadha bheshajiyam of kashyapa indriya sthana - an explorative study

Gupta¹,

Mamidi²

2021

IJCAM

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Background: Kashyapa Samhita (KS) is a very well known ancient Ayurvedic manuscript considered as the hand book of Kaumarabhritya (paediatrics). KS consists of 120 chapters divided among 8 Sthanas' (sections) with one additional part known as Khila Sthana which consists of 80 chapters. Kashyapa Samhita Indriya Sthana (KSIS) consists of 12 chapters and it deals with prognostic aspects. Only the last chapter (12 th chapter) of KSIS is completely available. Aushadha Bheshajiyam Indriyam (ABI) is the 12 th chapter of KSIS which consists of 36 verses. Most of the verses of ABI chapter deal with different types of dreams along with their prognostic importance. Purpose:The contents of ABI chapter are unique and require further exploration. No works have been conducted on ABI chapter of KSIS till date. The present study is aimed to evaluate the prognostic importance of the contents of ABI chapter with the help of contemporary medical literature.Methods: Various databases have been searched to collect relevant data regarding Ayurvedic and contemporary medical literature by using appropriate keywords. Only full text articles published in English language were considered.Results: Different types of dreams and their prognostic significance is the main theme of ABI chapter. Description of dreams of children is the unique contribution of ABI chapter to Ayurveda. Failure of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in the management of end-of-life stages is documented in ABI chapter. Dreams of misfortunes and their prognostic significance are highlighted. Description of demonic dreaming or dreams with evil presence or dreams with supernatural agents is available in ABI chapter. Bala Grahas and their influences on dream content of children have been explained in ABI chapter. Concepts like dreams and odours, dream speech interpretations, animals in dreams and their meaning, significance of colours in dreams, dream symbolism, effects of dreams on waking life, classification of dreams based on their significance, various auspicious and inauspicious dreams, bad dreams and nightmares, various positive dreams objects, characters, images and situations, therapeutic benefits of dreams, Homa therapy and it role in neutralizing the negative consequences of bad dreams or nightmares and medical etiquette needs to be adopted by the physician while treating poor prognostic conditions or end-of-life stages have been explained in ABI chapter. Conclusion:Various dreams, their interpretation along with prognostic importance described in ABI chapter of KSIS seems to be promising and further research works are required to substantiate these claims.

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“…Moreover, the frequency and species of animals in dreams differed among various groups. Many studies showed that children dreamed more about animals than adults (Avila-White et al, 1999; Schredl & Blagrove, 2021; Strauch & Lederbogen, 1999), and the occurrence of the animal dreams varied from males to females (Domhoff, 1999; King & DeCicco, 2007). Other studies showed that the male and female dreams of animals in 6% and 4%, respectively, with significant differences (Domhoff, 1999); dreams about animals occurred in 7%, and individuals with more pain dreamed more about animals (King & DeCicco, 2007).…”

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Typical images of animals in dreams: Results from a content analysis.

Tian¹,

Wu²,

Duan³

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Although animal dreams are well investigated, little is known about images of animals in dreams. The present study explored the contents of animal dreams of 201 subjects (including 52 male) from China via the most recent dream method and analyzed them mainly through the Hall and Van de Castle (1966) System. The results showed: (a) the most frequent species found in dreams about animals were snakes, dogs, and cats. Moreover, compared with males, females dreamed of more snakes. (b) Typical images of animals in dreams may be described by four kinds of theme nodes (TNs): dreamers' experiences, social interactions, animal characteristics, and environmental characteristics. Dreamer's experience and social interactions were the rooting TNs that expressed dreamer's emotions, primarily negative emotions, but significant differences existed in various animals. Animal and environmental characteristics were the apparent TNs, such as their child nodes of color, activities, size, and settings, that provided specific narrative content related to the dreamers' emotions and interactions with animals. Negative images of typical images of snakes were most frequent in dreams, followed by dreams about dogs and cats. (c) The associations about animal dreams were mainly related to adverse life events, followed by daily contact experience with animals, in which the snake dream was significantly lower than expected. Such findings suggest that negative emotions and direct contact in waking life are both indispensable continuities to people's dreams of animals.

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Animals in Dreams of Children, Adolescents, and Adults: The UK Library Study

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Elder relatives in waking life correlated with both elder relatives in dreams and animals in dreams

Elder relatives in waking life correlated with both elder relatives in dreams and animals in dreams

Aushadha bheshajiyam of kashyapa indriya sthana - an explorative study

Typical images of animals in dreams: Results from a content analysis.

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