Bird in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

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Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

It in dreams, if it is unknown, indicates the Angel of Death.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 225

In a dream it is glory, authority, and adornment, and for the merchant it is profit.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 229

And if it picks up a stick or a leaf or a worm or the like and flies with it up to the sky from a house in which there is a sick person or the like, he dies.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 225

And it may indicate a traveller for one who sees it alight upon him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 225

And it may indicate deeds for one who sees it on his head or his shoulder or his lap or his neck.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 225

So if it is white, then it is pure; and if it is murky and coloured, then it is mixed deeds, not pure.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 225

Freud and Jung, a separate view

and resurrection as a bird of the soul and a bringer of fertility (ascending sun).

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. VI The Battle for Deliverance from the Mother

Kinds and conditions of Bird

lowly birds (bughath al-tayr)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

It is the contemptible sort of bird that does not hunt, and seeing it in a dream indicates people who have no character and no benefit in them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 38

Seeing the wajib — that is, the bird that has fallen low in the estimation of its owners — indicates amusement and play, lofty stations, joys and delights, and victory over enemies for whoever owns them or something of them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 38

unknown bird

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

The unknown bird indicates the Angel of Death: if it picks up a pebble, or a leaf, or a worm, or the like, and flies with it up to the sky from a house in which there is a sick person or the like, then he dies.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 385–391

And it may indicate a traveller, for whoever sees it alight upon him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 385–391

crane (bird)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

In a dream it is a poor man, weak in strength and ability.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 299

(And whoever sees) that he took a crane, he becomes related by marriage to a people of bad character.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 299

swallow (bird)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

The swallow in a dream is called wealth, a blessed man, a blessed woman, or a boy who recites (the Quran).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 108

So whoever takes a swallow has taken unlawful wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 108

birds (in general)

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

And it is said: whoever sees a bird alight upon him, then it indicates the attainment of a desired aim; and if he sees the contrary of that, then its interpretation is the opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 219

And Ibn Sirin said: whenever a person sees a large bird, then it is interpreted as the loftiness of his aspiration.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 219

kite (bird of prey)

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

In a dream it is a king of obscure repute, mighty in power, humble, tyrannical, and capable — and that is because of the intensity of its fitness, its nearness to the ground in its flight, and how seldom it misses in its hunting.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 93

So whoever owns a kite and used to hunt with it, then he will obtain kingship or wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 93

water birds

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for water birds and the like, they are interpreted as small, beautiful things.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 219

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he has obtained something of the water birds, whether he knows it or does not know it, then it is the attainment of good and leadership and the achievement of what he wants, in proportion to that bird in its size and its feathers, so long as he is not frightened by it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 219

kite (bird)

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

(The kite) is a king of obscure repute, of severe thorniness, humble, oppressive, powerful — because of its nearness to the ground in its flight and the rarity of its missing in its hunting, along with what occurs in it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 405–409

So whoever owns kites that hunt for him, then he will attain kingship and wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 405–409

jamz (hunting bird)

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for the jamz, it is interpreted as a powerful, mighty king possessing awe and tyranny.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 214

Whoever sees that it flew from his hand and its string, or its feather, or something of its gear remained in his hand, then it is interpreted as a king's anger against him, the seizure of his blessing, and his banishment, while a little of his wealth remains in his hand.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 214

sea birds (cormorants and grebes)

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

TO sée in a dreame Dive-dappers and Cormorants, and other such like birds of the Sea, is perill to Marriners, but not death:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

to others they signifye theyr friends and whores, deceivers, and wicked perjured Pyrates, which haunt Rivers and the Sea.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

night birds

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

THe Madge howlet, the Owl, the Bittern, the Bat, and all other night B • rds, crosse any enterprise or advancement of affayres: but take away feare and terrours

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Third Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Onely the Bat is good to women with childe, for she layes not Egs as other Byrds do, but little ones, and beares milk where with she nourisheth her young

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Third Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

chicks / young birds

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

Chicks of birds, roasted or fried, are wealth [gained] with toil.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 227–230

So whoever sees that he is eating a raw chick, then he is slandering the household of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) or the noble ones among the people.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 227–230

Also in the sources

birds (flying) · Imitating animals or birds · hazar bird (songbird) · bird meat · birds of prey · bird-catching · grebe/diver bird · badraj bird · bird droppings · the rukh bird · Safrad (a bird) · sandpiper (tayatawi bird) · bird-seller (tayyuri) · crane (kurk bird) · Boiled food (bird, meat, eggs, and the like) · becoming a bird · al-marzam bird · al-unsiyya bird · al-harira bird · rukh (roc bird) · poultry/bird seller · dome and bird (royal insignia) · head shaved and bird leaving the mouth · bird picking jasmine · bird flying out of one's bosom · birds · sandpiper (tayṭawā bird) · speech of birds · fried bird as snack · bird seller · shifraq bird · a bird dying in the hand · Bustard (hubara bird) · European roller (shaqiraq bird) · Shrike (sird bird) · wren (small bird) · Nightingale (hazar bird) · owl (hama, grave-bird)

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