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

21 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

It is a well-known winged creature. Seeing it in a dream indicates ignorance and lack of experience in serving kings and in their governance.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 266

And perhaps seeing it indicates love and casting oneself into destruction.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 266

And seeing moths indicates fire-worshippers, or fear and dread, on account of His saying, exalted is He: "On the day when people will be like scattered moths."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 266

And the moth is a weak, contemptible enemy who talks a great deal.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 266

And the moth, for farmers, indicates idleness and hardship, and the company of wicked men with them, and the company of evil women.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 266

And silkworm moths indicate good people who bestow their good and withhold their harm.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 266

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

As for the moth, it is interpreted as a man of weak condition who casts himself by his own hand into destruction.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he has caught a moth, then he will buy a virgin slave-girl and obtain a child from her; and if it dies in his hand, then it indicates the death of his child.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

And it is said: the moth is interpreted as a person who destroys himself and does not harm anyone else.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

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

(The moth) is a weak person whose talk is grandiose.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 409–413

Freud and Jung, a separate view

then, the idea of a small ephemeral being, something like the day fly, which, in lamentable contrast to the eternity of the stars, longs for an imperishable daylight.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

the moth is Miss Miller herself.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

The longing of the dreamer concealed behind the moth stands for him.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

The longing of the moth for the star is not absolutely pure and transparent, but glows in sultry mist, for man continues to be man.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

with the death of the moth in the light, evil is once more laid aside; the complex has once again, even if in a censored form, expressed itself.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

_Her longing for God resembles the longing of the moth for the “star.”_

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

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