A popular sign says that a fly caught in a plate with food portends a gift. For this reason, in reality, it is a good harbinger, although sometimes it spoils the appetite. A completely different thing is a dream. Here, her image can have many different interpretations that promise both joy and experience. In this article, we will examine what flies dream of. The dream books , which have gained special popularity among readers, will become our guides to the world of night dreams.
Overseas Dream Expert
The first word in our review will be given to the most respected interpreter of night visions - American psychoanalyst Gustav Miller. In the dream book, compiled on the basis of his notes, it is said that flies in the house are extremely undesirable heroes of night visions. In his opinion, these annoying insects, appearing to someone in a dream, carry a warning that in reality a dreamer may be a victim of slander. He should be extremely vigilant in order to stop in time the incipient intrigues.
Further, the master gives an explanation of what in real life expects a person who kills flies in a dream. He attaches great importance to this action, arguing that in reality the dreamer will not be easy prey for slanderers and schemers, but will give them a worthy rebuff. In addition, the more insects end their life under his fly swatter or some other deadly weapon for them, the tougher the answer will be to ill-wishers.
Miller makes the only caveat about sticky tape: if he dreams that it is with her help that the dreamer tries to get rid of flies in the house, then in reality he will have a quarrel with someone close to him or a deterioration in health. As for the young girls who saw in a dream an adhesive tape with flies, the interpreter prophesies to them the difficulties associated with future marriage.
How Dreams with Flies in Ancient China Interpreted
In the dream book, the authorship of which is attributed to the ancient Chinese sage Zhou-Gong (XI century BC. E.), flies are presented as friends who, thanks to their obsession, do not give rest to the dreamer and create a lot of troubles in reality. At the same time, catching flies in a dream, in his opinion, is a sign that this person is destined to get involved in an extremely unpleasant story soon. Another thing is to kill a fly in a dream. In this case, he claims (or the one who writes on his behalf), in reality one can count on getting rid of troubles.
In this ancient one, judging by the name of the author, the dream book of many flies flying into the house has the same meaning as in Mr. Miller’s work - gossip and intrigue of secret enemies, but those who landed on a plate with food or a cup with a drink portend in real life is some kind of fright. It is also undesirable that in a dream they would sit on a person, since such a plot twist promises to expose his dark deeds. Well, there’s no one to blame - the fly, as you know, will not sit in vain.
Opinion of the Austrian specialist
Sigmund Freud, the famous Austrian psychologist, did not pass flies, however, contrary to his habit of considering any topic from the perspective of a person’s sexual addictions, he found a less intriguing, albeit very unexpected interpretation. In his dream book compiled, these pesky insects are, oddly enough, the personification of ... children. Accordingly, creating any kind of arbitrariness in relation to them - to drive, to catch, to whip with a rubber fly swatter or, even worse, to kill - means that in reality this person feels hostility towards children and they cause him negative emotions.
Developing this topic, the Austrian interpreter writes that if a person tries to kill a fly in a dream because it only annoys him with its buzz, this indicates that in reality he faced a real problem, which he was unable to solve, and he tries to squeeze out the anger caused by his own impotence on a child.
Slavic interpretation
The authors of the dream book, compiled on the basis of the experience of many generations of Slavs (as they say), write that our ancestors considered the fly that appeared in night visions to be the personification of sadness, which, for reasons independent of the dreamer, would soon overflow his heart. They do not indicate ways to combat this scourge, but advise only to prepare themselves for such a turn of events.
They further report that from ancient times the image of a fly was perceived as an indication of some real person with whom I would like to break off relations. It is explained that this is not only about personal contact, but also about erasing it from your memory. Therefore, to kill a fly in a dream can be seen as a desire to get rid of an unpleasant person. In Ukraine, her image was considered a harbinger of crop failure.
Why do women dream about flies?
This interesting question is highlighted by many commentators. In particular, Freud, who, as noted above, associated the image of flies with children, wrote that if a woman dreams that she beats insects or tries to drive them away, then in reality her son or daughter seems to annoy her. In this case, she should figure out what is the real reason for what is happening, and reconsider her attitude to them.
According to Mr. Miller, a big fly seen in a dream may indicate that a woman has health problems that she does not yet know about. It is very reasonable on her part to see a doctor, pass the necessary tests and follow his instructions in everything. If she dreamed that she was trying to count the flies surrounding her, then such a dream is evidence that in real life she is engaged in an unusual task for her and should seriously think about changing her profession.
Do not let flies under the covers!
The Bulgarian soothsayer Vanga also spoke out about why a woman dreams of flies in a dream. Without entering into a polemic with the authors, whose judgments are given above, she added that, having seen this insect flying into bed in a dream, a woman should be ready for speedy solitude. She has every reason to be afraid that the man with whom she shares the bed will leave her and go to some kind of a lover, the existence of which she may not suspect. For her, killing a fly in a dream is a good sign promising victory over an unknown rival.
What does the Universal Dream Book say?
Continuing the review of the opinions expressed by various interpreters, we will open the “Universal Dream Book” and see how its compilers interpret flies that sometimes fly into our night visions. So, on its pages you can find out that this image indicates the need for changes in the dreamer's real life. Perhaps he should pay closer attention to people in the circle of his closest friends and decide whether all of them are worthy of his sympathy. It is possible that among them were all sorts of slanderers, gossipers or other ill-wishers, ready to braid him with their intrigues.
The compilers of the dream book draw the attention of their readers to the following regularity: the larger the flies that dreamed were, the more dangerous were the enemies the personification they were, and the more difficult it would be to resist their wiles. But the dreamer may be in especially serious danger if the insects he saw bite, and he did not manage to kill them or, at least, drive them away from him. However, having dealt with flies in a dream, he will be able to overcome all problems in real life.
Belarusian and Indian interpretations of sleep
At the end of the article, we present a few excerpts from various dream books, the authors of which found this topic worthy of attention. Thus, the authors of a dream book published in Belarus believe that a girl who kills flies in a dream will certainly be lucky in her personal life. She will be able to overcome all rivals with the same ease with which she destroyed annoying insects in a dream.
On the pages of the “Indian Dream Book”, some interpreters from the banks of the Ganges tell their readers that the flies seen in a dream, although they are a symbol of the ill-wishers surrounding a person, can only affect the real course of events if the dreamer, having lost his presence of mind, begins to panic. The one who with indifference turns away from their buzzing swarm, and in reality will be inaccessible to his enemies.
The opinion of the Persian sage
At the same time, the Persian interpreter, whose work has been published these days and has spread across the shelves of bookstores, refers to this problem with considerable skepticism. In his opinion, flies are a symbol of such shameless annoyance of people around that it can cause a person serious psychological trauma, which he can hardly heal on his own. In the same dream book there are many flies surrounding the dreamer, but not causing him discomfort, are evidence that in reality he could become an excellent teacher of children.