Brother in a dream: meaning in al-Nabulsi

11 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

OUr Brethren have the same signification as our Enemies, as touching the effect and event of dreams: and our Enemies on the other side have like effect with our Brethren, and not without reason.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Because our Brethren bring us nothing, when they are borne, but diminish our Inheritance and Succession: and are the cause that those things which should be all our own, are divided into many parts between them and us:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Timocrates dreamt that he buried or caused to be interred, one of his brothers departed, and a little while after, one of his adversaries or Enemies dyed.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

And the death of our Brethren, signifyeth not only losse of our enemies, but also deliverance or acquittance from some losse, or hurt, which attended us, and whereof we stood in fear.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

As it happened to Diocles the Grammarian, who sustained no losse of mony, whereof he stood in doubt, and was afraid, because he dreamt before, that he saw his brother dead.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Freud and Jung, a separate view

The brother is none other than a representative, drawn into the childhood scene by “fancying backwards,” of all of the later rivals for the woman.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, The Interpretation of Dreams, ch. VI The Dream-Work

Kinds and conditions of Brother

one's brother

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

If he sees him in his dream, and likewise the grandfather, the paternal uncle, the maternal uncle, and whoever has a share in the inheritance, that indicates partnership in wealth and helpers.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 21

And perhaps some of them indicate others of them likewise.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 21

dead brother appearing and foretelling death

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

AS Caius Gracchus slept, he dreamt he saw his Brother Tyberius, telling him that he should be killed, as himself had beene before. Many heard that he made account of this dreame, especially before he was made Tribune of the people; in which Office he received his death, agréeable to his brothers.

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

brothers and sisters

Freud and Jung, a separate view

and his circle of brothers and sisters is humanity, with whom he is united anew in the common inheritance of the primitive symbol.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

one's in-law (brother-in-law / son-in-law)

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

In a dream, for one who has no in-law in waking life, it indicates victory over enemies and safety from fear.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 215