Pots in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin and al-Nabulsi

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Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

THe pots signifie the life,

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

Kinds and conditions of Pots

cooking pot

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

It in a dream is a man who displays his blessings to his neighbours and to all people.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 33

In a dream it signifies the scholar seated upon the chair, and what is in it of meat and spices are his benefits for whoever partakes of it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 273–274

lighting a fire under a pot

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

Whoever lights a fire and places a pot upon it with meat or food in it, then he will stir a man up to seek some benefit.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 688–691

If he sees that the meat has cooked through and he eats it, then he will obtain from him benefit and lawful wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 688–691

cooking pot (continuation)

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

and their ploughlands; and if they were people of war, they circled about it with hypocrisy and moved their hands around it in disputation, according to the measure of its food and its substance.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 710–713

And if they were people of knowledge, they came together in fellowship over it, if its food was sweet or the like of that.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 710–713

Cooking pot (tanjir/tajine pan)

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

This is the tajine pan. Seeing it in a dream indicates, for the traveller by sea, drowning, because whatever is in it is constantly submerged or floating, along with clamour and commotion.

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

The tanjir, which is the tajine pan, may indicate the steward of the household.

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

cooking pot (stone pot)

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

The stone pot is a man whose blessings become apparent to his neighbours. And it is said that the cooking pot is the mainstay of the house.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 688–691

earthenware pot

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

And an earthenware pot is a man who displays his blessings to people in general and to his neighbours in particular.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 688–691

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