Hat in a dream: meaning in al-Nabulsi

9 passages from 2 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Freud and Jung, a separate view

1. The hat as a symbol of the man (of the male genital):

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

"The hat is really a male genital, with its raised middle piece and the two downward hanging side pieces."

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

From other but less transparent cases I believe that the hat may also be taken as a female genital.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

Kinds and conditions of Hat

glass hat

Freud and Jung, a separate view

Another time I was sitting in a carriage, and on my lap an object in shape like a top-hat, which, however, was made of transparent glass. The scene at once brought to my mind the proverb: “He who keeps his hat in his hand will travel safely through the land.”

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, On Dreams

By a slight turn the _glass hat_ reminded me of _Auer’s light_, and I knew that I was about to invent something which was to make me as rich and independent as his invention had made my countryman, Dr. Auer, of Welsbach; then I should be able to travel instead of remaining in Vienna. In the dream I was travelling with my invention, with the, it is true, rather awkward glass top-hat.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, On Dreams

bringing back a hat from a trip

Freud and Jung, a separate view

Concerning the latter the idea is that the young wife has brought him back with her from the wedding journey. It is quite above board, just as if she were bringing back a hat from her trip.

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

pointed paper hat

Freud and Jung, a separate view

Since I have learned that God is omniscient, the dream signifies that I know everything in spite of the hat which I am made to wear.”

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

woman's hat

Freud and Jung, a separate view

Of articles of dress the woman's hat may frequently be definitely interpreted as the male genital.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

conical hat (tartur)

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

Seeing it in a dream indicates travel, or the wife who bears the burden of her husband, and the man who bears the burden of the woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228