Thread: Weird dream about narwhals...

Hey, Nic, welcome to DV. I hope I'm able to help you out a bit in understanding your dream. On a dreaming site that I 'grew up' on, dream interpretations were done in a "If it were my dream" style, so I'll continue that tradition here.

If it were my dream, I would consider that this dream has an emotional message from the very beginning. In dreams, bodies of water often symbolize the emotional state of the dreamer, and since I'm under water (so much so that the water is black and murky) I realize that I may be feeling isolated and alone in a matter that I'm facing, whether the matter is physical or emotional. I can't see any light at all, and it isn't until I finaly find a glimmer of light and head towards it that I realize how very much I'm "in deep".

I try to get to the top, but I realize as I'm getting closer that I'm not alone, but rather that there are problems surrounding me, huge narwhals with their intimidating looking horns (they're actually a tooth). The normally beautiful sound they make terrifies me, and as I open my mouth in fear I end up swallowing the water. I try to flee from these 'problems'/'enemies', but when I get to the surface I realize how very completely alone I am in this matter. There isn't even a block of ice for me to cling onto for dear life.

I may have gotten temporary reprieve, but my problems come back to me, and now they're worse than ever, bearing their bloody tooth at me menacingly. They disappear back into the water, and I try to escape again. Before I can get anywhere, though, I feel my foot get stabbed, and as I watch a cloud of my blood rise in the water, I'm pulled back into its depths, alone and at the mercy of my problems/enemies.

Now that I've recounted it in a way as to provide you with one potential interpretation of the dream, I'll outline some points I picked up on during the dream. If I had to guess, I'd say this dream is a sign that you're facing some physical or emotional hardship that you can't see any way out of or any end to that doesn't involve your "death".

*The fact that you're in the middle of the ocean says that you're alone in the dark depths of your emotions, or perhaps you're so deep in a problem you're facing that you can't see your way out.
*You have a sense of isolation going on in the dream. Perhaps you don't feel that anyone understands you and/or can help you in whatever you're facing?
*You've got narwhals after you. This perhaps may be your mind's way of symbolizing problems coming after you, or it may be your mind's way of symbolizing people you feel are against you. Since they are creatures of the water, though, the chances are that they're internal to yourself or are of your causing.
*You try to escape, but are pulled back under. This should be self-explanatory.

Now, I'll put a disclaimer here. I may be completely off on this translation. Dream symbolry is very personal, differing from person to person based on a huge number of things. I am simply giving you what I think to be the best interpretation based on the general tone of the dream and the more universal and situational symbols present. That said, I'd be very interested in finding out how close to correct my translation is (or isn't).

All the best,
rR

Thanks for the quick response! It is amazing how much of that applies to my own life! I understand the symbolism, but can anyone explain this:

Why narwhals? Why not sharks or dolphins, or something else?

Thanks again, awesome interpretation!

There's no reall way to tell that one. It could be you saw them on tv or in a book somewhere and your mind just stored it away and called them up in a dream. It could be something completely different. (In any case, they are scarier than a normal whale, what with the giant horn and all.) It also may have something to do with the fact that you're less likely to just take a narwhal as a random dream like you might a shark attack.