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

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

Freud and Jung, a separate view

Now analysis shows that Mr. P. is nothing but a substitute for my own Ego (in the dream I am his substitute). I am the governor who suddenly dies.

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

Kinds and conditions of Governor

governor (wali)

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

He, in a dream, indicates worries and afflictions, drinking wine, amusement and play, theft, sodomy, fornication, and other than that, for he is not seen except in these matters.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 371

And perhaps seeing him indicates friendship toward people and love for them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 371

the governor

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

Whoever sees a governor, then it is an excess/oppression against him; and if he sees him doing to him what he dislikes, then there is no good in it. Likewise if he does with him what he likes, then there is no consideration given to the act of the oppressor, even if it be a good one.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 40

And it is said: the vision of the governor, so long as there is nothing in it that is objectionable, then there is no harm in it, because the name is derived from wilayah (guardianship/authority).

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 40

the deputy governor

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

Section. Whoever sees one of the deputy governors, then it is honour and dominion; and the vision of the deputy may sometimes indicate the sultan, because he stands in his place. In the language the word "agent" ('āmil) is used for the deputy. And it is said that seeing the deputy (nā'ib) indicates the stability of affairs, since its altered reading gives that meaning (thābit).

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 40

Whoever sees that the deputy has become a sultan, then it is stability for him, an increase in splendour, and great good — unlike the case if he sees that the sultan has become a deputy, for its interpretation is the opposite of that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 40

a dead governor alive again

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

If he sees a dead governor as though he had come back to life, and he is in his own town, then his conduct and way of governing will be revived in that place, or a man from his descendants, or his clan, or his like, or his namesake will govern it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 759–762

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