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

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

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

In a dream it is a warring enemy, and it may indicate the builder, the tunnel-digger (sapper), and the engineer, and the highway robber, and one whose earnings are unlawful, and outward merriment; and it may indicate eating poisons or drinking them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 146

The hornet is a man of the rabble, awe-inspiring, given to stabbing, a man of war, steadfast in combat, foolish.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 146

So whoever sees that hornets have entered a village, or a town, or a quarter, then soldiers have entered it who possess awe and authority, and they have fought the people openly.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 146

And it is said: he is a man who disputes with falsehood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 146

And it is said: hornets indicate slanderous informers, tale-bearers, and shedders of blood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 146

And it is said: hornets, all of them, are an indication of people who have no mercy.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 146

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

As for the hornet, it is interpreted as a man of high ambition.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 225

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that a hornet stung him, then it indicates grief and distress that will reach him from a shrewish woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 225

And whoever sees many hornets in the air, then it indicates the arrival of an army at that place.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 225

And it has been said: the hornet is a person possessed of a sting, and its buzzing is promises from an abusive man, from whom a person cannot escape except by means of a dissolute man who helps him against him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 225

Kinds and conditions of Hornet

hornets

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

Hornets are ill people, which will assault and discredit the dreamer:

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

to Taverns it signifies, that their wine shall spill, and sowre: for such great flies, love and desire vineger.

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

sound of a hornet

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

As for the sound of the hornet, it signifies promises from a man who is a slanderer and base, from whom one cannot escape without seeking the aid of a corrupt man.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 750–752

2 more passages on this symbol are in the database and used by the interpreter.