Hello, everyone! I am a female, 28 years old, of Greek descent. I am not religious. I believe in the subconscious and that it absorbs and processes information that the conscious part of us doesn't. I don't believe that all dreams have a meaning, however I think that some do, especially when there is something happening in your life. I would like to share this particular dream with you all that I have been trying to interpret. I will later give context to what is happening in my life at the moment, but before that I would like to see what everyone thinks before the information. I have been going through inner turmoil and will provide details to anyone who asks for it in comments or pm. Before that, please give your interpretation/feelings without the context.
I am no stranger to snake dreams. There was a time in my life when I dreamt about them often. The pattern was always the same; the snake would chase and attack me. I would always wake up the moment the snake attacked me. I got to the conclusion that this was a toxic situation/person/relationship in my life. Those dreams have since stopped.
This time, I have dreamt about snakes again, but in a completely different way.
I am at my family home and the whole family is there. Mother, father, younger brother and I. It seems like I just came back after some time. My brother is now the owner of two snakes which genuinely surprises me. I am very confused by this fact and keep asking him things like,"Why do you have snakes?", "Since when do you like snakes?" I am genuinely confused by this. Needless to say, I am not a fan of snakes.
One of the snakes is pure white and the other is black. He has them in a glass cage in his bedroom. I am so perplexed by this and disturbed that I start researching about the snakes and find out that the white snake is poisonous. This is an all-white snake, which I have learned, is not naturally available in the wild. I tell my brother he needs to get rid of it as it is dangerous but he is initially reluctant and unsure. I insist and show him proof.
Next "scene", we are at a lake. My brother is inside the water and I am outside. The waters are calm and I believe it is quite dark outside. My brother is drowning the white snake in the lake. He is holding it by it's head so tight, the snake's mouth is open and it is being drowned in the water. It feels like he is doing it for my sake. He is looking at me and reassuring me with things like, "See, it's alright", "I'm doing it", "It's done", etc. I am unsure and ask him if he is sure it's dead and he assures me it is.
During this, I don't feel particular relief or any kind of positive emotion. I am frankly quite disturbed by the image, it is a violent and harsh scene. But I also want it done and my brother is doing it. He wasn't sure about it, but he listened to my fear, I conviced him and he took care of it.
Next "scene" we are back home. I don't believe we have concluded that the black snake is also poisonous. In fact, it seems like I didn't find information that it is. The clear danger, the white one, has been eliminated.
We come to find out that the black snake has escaped inside the house. Initially I treat this as if the snake is alive so I suggest we put plastic bags along the walls so that if the snake passes we'll hear it (which I learned randomly on the internet years ago, isn't that crazy?!). However, the next moment, I no longer believe that the snake is alive and so my suggestion turns to "Look for the smell", meaning the smell of a dead creature. Now we are looking for a body. I have gone from "Look for movement, look for signs of life" to "Follow the smell and find the corpse".
We end up finding the snake. It is in my bedroom. It is, in fact, dead. It is inside my bedroom but at the entrance, at the door. It's laying there sort of curled up/tangled. There is no big reaction to the discovery, it's just like "Well, here it is." No grief, no surprise, just "here it is."
The half of the dream feels like an investigation. A search for something. And the investigation ends.
Thank you all. I look forward to reading your ideas.
I am no stranger to snake dreams. There was a time in my life when I dreamt about them often. The pattern was always the same; the snake would chase and attack me. I would always wake up the moment the snake attacked me. I got to the conclusion that this was a toxic situation/person/relationship in my life. Those dreams have since stopped.
This time, I have dreamt about snakes again, but in a completely different way.
I am at my family home and the whole family is there. Mother, father, younger brother and I. It seems like I just came back after some time. My brother is now the owner of two snakes which genuinely surprises me. I am very confused by this fact and keep asking him things like,"Why do you have snakes?", "Since when do you like snakes?" I am genuinely confused by this. Needless to say, I am not a fan of snakes.
One of the snakes is pure white and the other is black. He has them in a glass cage in his bedroom. I am so perplexed by this and disturbed that I start researching about the snakes and find out that the white snake is poisonous. This is an all-white snake, which I have learned, is not naturally available in the wild. I tell my brother he needs to get rid of it as it is dangerous but he is initially reluctant and unsure. I insist and show him proof.
Next "scene", we are at a lake. My brother is inside the water and I am outside. The waters are calm and I believe it is quite dark outside. My brother is drowning the white snake in the lake. He is holding it by it's head so tight, the snake's mouth is open and it is being drowned in the water. It feels like he is doing it for my sake. He is looking at me and reassuring me with things like, "See, it's alright", "I'm doing it", "It's done", etc. I am unsure and ask him if he is sure it's dead and he assures me it is.
During this, I don't feel particular relief or any kind of positive emotion. I am frankly quite disturbed by the image, it is a violent and harsh scene. But I also want it done and my brother is doing it. He wasn't sure about it, but he listened to my fear, I conviced him and he took care of it.
Next "scene" we are back home. I don't believe we have concluded that the black snake is also poisonous. In fact, it seems like I didn't find information that it is. The clear danger, the white one, has been eliminated.
We come to find out that the black snake has escaped inside the house. Initially I treat this as if the snake is alive so I suggest we put plastic bags along the walls so that if the snake passes we'll hear it (which I learned randomly on the internet years ago, isn't that crazy?!). However, the next moment, I no longer believe that the snake is alive and so my suggestion turns to "Look for the smell", meaning the smell of a dead creature. Now we are looking for a body. I have gone from "Look for movement, look for signs of life" to "Follow the smell and find the corpse".
We end up finding the snake. It is in my bedroom. It is, in fact, dead. It is inside my bedroom but at the entrance, at the door. It's laying there sort of curled up/tangled. There is no big reaction to the discovery, it's just like "Well, here it is." No grief, no surprise, just "here it is."
The half of the dream feels like an investigation. A search for something. And the investigation ends.
Thank you all. I look forward to reading your ideas.
