A VAGUE DREAM TO ANALYZE (dream #5)

Dream: I was a student, and I had a teacher for swimming. (We could be in a boat too). We were in the sea. Suddenly, we realized we are no longer swimming in blue seawater. Slightly lighter, the whitish sea flows started to encircle us. We were in the middle of the ocean now. I saw a shark approaching us. I screamed and informed my instructor. She was calm and she did not get into a panic. I was somehow off in the scene. The shark captured my teacher.

In the second part of the dream, the shark was cutting some parts of my teacher, and cooking it. I guess it was a fried leg like a KFC chicken drumstick. My teacher (I - since I became her in this part, and experienced everything from the first-person view) took a bite from her own meat. The shark was surprised against this attitude. I was cold-blooded and I was not afraid of him. He decided to take me (he talked to me or showed some gestures - a kind of common communication tool in dreams, no talking but everyone understands each other since the signals come from one single brain) to one special place. Probably he thought he could finally thrill me. The place was a cliff. He showed me the ocean floor. The surface was red as blood. Probably it was blood anyway. The shark decided to jump into it, and witlessly leave me alone at the top of the cliff. I did run away after he was gone. But I could never learn what he was trying to explain to me because I was supposed to wait for him to come and do the final presentation. I thought it is a kind of religious activity, a ritual for shark species. Soon, I realized I had some chips on me, and a group of scientists (Zoologist, Behaviourist, etc.) was analyzing our conversations and actions. The end.

Analysis: First of all, I should accept that this dream is so difficult for me to resolve. Maybe the hardest among the last 4. I don't know which sea was that. Or which ocean. I don't even know whether it matters or not in the main dream conclusion. I have never seen a shark in my life. Am I afraid of sharks? Well, if it has teeth in his mouth, why shouldn't I? Mystacoceti is also scary. Was the shark figure representing something? Why I was eating my own fried leg? Did my body felt hunger? I did not eat anything much before sleeping. I was hungry, but not very much. I was not afraid of the shark in the dream. Just the opposite of real life. I have never discussed this topic with myself vocally: am I afraid of sharks? But I know I would if I face one. The cliff looked actually familiar. I must have seen that place in one of the movies. Or it could be my imagined cliff because I have read once a man standing by a cliff in a book and that was my task to imagine it. The Shark jumped into the ocean, but why did he trust me? Why was I supposed to wait for him? Why did I think it was a religious ceremony? Because of blood? I have seen some scenes from Viking TV series about sacrifice days for Gods - Odin, Thor, Freya, etc. Maybe the blood on the ocean reminded me of it. Or not reminded, it was basically derived from it. (Later note: I forget that I have dental problems and I may have bleeding teeth during sleep in almost 5 days of a week). Why did scientists were listening to us? Did I take part in an animal experiment? One day before the dream, I downloaded one of Frans De Waal's books. I knew him since summer when I was writing a book, I researched some of his experiments on animals (apes). Now, I was the one who is involved in animal experimentation and trying to understand shark behaviors and reactions. There a lot of missing points in the dream, thus missing interpretations as well.

Amanov Shamsaddin

14th of March 2020

Szeged, Hungary