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

23 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

He in a dream is a man inclined toward women who contrives schemes in seeking them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

The hunter may indicate the slave-dealer, and he may indicate the owner of a bathhouse, and the teacher of the Quran school, and everyone who lies in wait for people and catches them by means of the craft and cunning he possesses; and the hunter may indicate the pimp.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

So whoever mingles with a hunter or assists him: if his hunting is in the sea, or is permissible for him on land, then the indication of the hunt is good.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

But if it is within the sacred precinct, or is of what is not permissible on land, involving torment, then it is bad.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

The hunter of beasts of prey is a mighty ruler who plots and deceives the tyrannical, oppressive rulers.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

The hunter of falcons, hawks and sparrowhawks is a mighty ruler.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

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

The hunter is interpreted as a man who contrives for his sustenance through cunning and deception, and perhaps his earnings come from women, because of his prevailing over them.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 250

The hunter of predatory beasts and birds is interpreted as an oppressive king who subdues the oppressors and the great ones.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 250

The fisherman is interpreted as seeking a livelihood by way of women, because of his mastery over the fish.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 250

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

The hunter: and it has been said that he is a man who inclines toward women and contrives schemes in seeking them, because his earning is in the form of deception.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 308–312

The hunter may indicate the slave-dealer, and he may indicate the owner of the bathhouse, and the schoolteacher, and everyone who lies in wait for people and hunts them by means of the craft and trickery he possesses; and the hunter may indicate the pimp.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 308–312

So whoever mixes with a hunter or is hostile to a hunter, one infers the soundness or corruption of what he indicates from the description of his hunting, and the increase of his standing and worth in himself, and what befits the like of him. If his hunting is in the sea, or by what is permissible for him on land, then the indication of the hunt is good; but if it is in the sacred precinct, or by what is not permissible on land, such as torment, then it is bad.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 308–312

The hunter of beasts of prey is a strong, mighty ruler who breaks armies and subdues tyrannical rulers.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 308–312

The hunter of falcons, hawks, and sparrowhawks is a mighty ruler who plots and deceives the oppressive, rebellious rulers.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 308–312

The hunter of birds and sparrows is a merchant man who plots and deceives the noble among people.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 308–312

Freud and Jung, a separate view

The deadly arrows do not strike the hero from without, but it is he himself who, in disharmony with himself, hunts, fights and tortures himself.

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

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