Lamb in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin
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Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In the dream, a male child obedient to his parents.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 109
So whoever is given a lamb as a gift and has a pregnant wife is given glad tidings of an obedient male child.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 109
And all young animals are worries for whoever owns them, because of their need for the expense of rearing — except for the daughters of the children of Adam, for they are worldly goods.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 109
(And whoever sees) that he slaughtered a lamb, a child of his or of some of his family will die.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 109
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
As for lambs, they are interpreted as goodness, blessing, and gain, and perhaps the lamb indicates a child. And it is said: the coming of something the dreamer hopes for, and the attainment of a desire.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 205
Freud and Jung, a separate view
The Lamb is the son of man who celebrates his marriage with the “woman.”
Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth
that Cassius is yoked with a lamb, that is to say, has something very weak in his character, which is derived from the mother.
Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. VI The Battle for Deliverance from the Mother
The hysterical behavior is due to the circumstance that Cassius is still, in part, a lamb, and _an innocent and entirely harmless child_.
Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. VI The Battle for Deliverance from the Mother
Kinds and conditions of Lamb
lamb (kid, young sheep or goat)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream it is a person's child.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173
If he sees that he slaughtered a lamb and ate its flesh, then his child will die, or the child of one of his household and relatives.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173
skin of a flayed lamb
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
And eating the skin of a flayed lamb is consuming the property of an orphan.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 227–230
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