Damsel in distress Dream Meanings

Damsel In Distress Dream Meaning: From 1 Different Sources


Damsel in distress

(1) In mythology and folklore a hero rescues an imprisoned beautiful young w oman, slaying a dragon or other monster that is keeping her a prisoner.

If this scenario appears in a man’s dreams, they may be calling on him to rescue his anima from its imprisonment in the unconscious, to utilize this previously hidden and abused feminine side of his nature, and so attain a proper balance in his personality. (For anima) See also Dragon.

(2) When Theseus saved Ariadne from the Minotaur, he had to make his way through a labyrinth; Perseus cut off Medusa’s head to rescue Andromeda. Both labyrinth and Medusa may be negatively charged symbols of mother.

If such an image appears in a hero-rescuing-damsel dream, it may be taken as indicating that the dreamer needs to free

himself from an emotional entanglement with - or all-consuming dependence on - his mother. Only then will he be able to let the feminine in himself express itself. (If he doesn’t let it express itself, it will still do so - but in destructive emotional outbursts.)

Dream Source: A Dictionary of Dream Symbols
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Dream Source: New American Dream Dictionary

Revealed to lessen or avert the distressful situation...

Dream Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited

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Dream Source: Dreamers Dictionary

[DREAM IMAGES: PRINCESS; YOUNG GIRL ETC.]The damsel in distress may be the oldest female archetype in all of popular literature and the movies. She is beautiful, vulnerable and in ...

Dream Source: The Element Encyclopedia

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Dream Source: The Element Encyclopedia

The imprisonment of a maiden by a wicked guardian figure represents the repression of unconscious insights. In dreams, any rescue by a hero or knight symbolizes a strong mind motiv...

Dream Source: The Element Encyclopedia

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