Meat

To see cooked meat in a dream, or to eat it, signifies good and benefit obtained with ease. To see oneself frying or roasting meat signifies that oneself or a close relative will fall ill; to see oneself buying meat from a butcher but not taking it home signifies recovery after illness.

To bring home meat bought from a butcher and eat it with relish signifies being provided with fine blessings; to see meat being cut up and distributed signifies that, upon the death of a wealthy person, his property will be divided among the heirs; uncooked meat signifies backbiting and sorrow.

To see beef in a dream signifies health and cheapness; horse, lion, and tiger meat signify honour and exaltation; mule meat signifies illness and disease; camel meat signifies the property of an enemy; ostrich meat signifies sustenance from the countryside and wooded places; goose and duck meat signify property and blessing; gazelle meat signifies the property of a beautiful woman; the meat of domestic fowl signifies prosperity and wealth; the flesh of birds signifies the property of a cruel person; elephant meat signifies a small amount of property obtained from a great person.

To see slices of meat in a dream signifies sustenance or the disclosure of something concealed. The block upon which meat is cut signifies an ill-intentioned person who sets people against one another; seasoned or minced meat signifies a spouse for a bachelor, a male child for a woman, and a profitable and gainful partnership for others.

To prepare a meat dish in a dream signifies well-being and a pleasant livelihood; every kind of dish containing meat signifies riches for the poor, and knowledge, beneficial sustenance, and joy for those whose circumstances are good.

To eat meat in a dream signifies bad companions. To eat human flesh signifies very vile gossip; mutton signifies illness or calamity; and for one who eats bird meat, it signifies that his desire will be fulfilled.

What does it mean to eat meat in a dream? It is not interpreted as good. Raw meat in particular is always interpreted as evil. Meat hanging in a butcher’s shop signifies a problem affecting the surrounding people as well. Human flesh indicates that there will be gossip. Whoever buys meat from a butcher in his dream will have his health impaired. Mutton is an omen that health will deteriorate and that evil events are approaching. Eating bird meat signifies that one’s wishes will be fulfilled. Rotten meat is considered extremely evil. Eating meat dishes is a sign that one’s earnings are not lawful.

To see raw meat in a dream means that you will encounter certain problems in business life. Cooked meat signifies that others will attain your objectives. Raw meat signifies illness, distress, and sorrow. If the meat is rotten, it is considered worse still.

If the meat seen in a dream is cooked, it signifies property. Raw meat in its entirety signifies pain, illness, and suffering. Buying meat from a butcher signifies calamity and grief. Fresh meat also signifies death and backbiting.

Whoever sees the flesh of a person in a dream will backbite that person. Whoever sees himself eating the flesh of his own body will eat from his own earnings and from what he has produced by the labour of his hands. If a woman sees herself eating the flesh of another woman, that woman engages in tribadism with the other woman.

Whoever sees himself eating his own flesh commits adultery. Snake meat is property obtained from an enemy. If the snake meat is raw and not cooked, its being eaten signifies that the one who eats it will fall into backbiting his enemy.

To eat the flesh of predatory animals signifies property. The flesh of predatory birds is likewise. Pork signifies unlawful property. To see pastırma signifies backbiting the dead. If a person sees himself eating lean meat in a dream, it signifies deficiency in his wealth. The flesh of a male camel seen without the dreamer touching it with his hand signifies property arising through a father or an enemy. If he touches that meat with his hand, grief will befall him from a coarse enemy.

Whoever eats the cooked flesh of a male camel in a dream will consume a man’s property and become gravely ill, then recover. Eating beef signifies toil, hardship, and doing little work.

Whoever sees in his own house the flayed and cut-up flesh of a ram will meet a man whom he does not know and, by holding a feast, invite someone whom he has neither seen nor known, or he will gain a number of friends and companions and become renowned through them. If he sees in his own house the flayed but uncut flesh of a ram, it signifies a sudden calamity and misfortune that he will encounter. If the mutton is fatty, he will inherit the property of a deceased person.

If a person sees himself eating raw meat in a dream, this dream is good. If he sees raw meat but does not eat it, the dream is not good. Whoever sees himself eating cooked meat will have his property increase. If he eats cooked meat together with an old man, his rank and honour will rise among the notables. Roasted beef signifies security from fear. If the dreamer is expecting a child, the child to be born will be a boy. Some interpreters said that roasted beef signifies sustenance and cheapness.

Whoever sees himself eating the meat of cattle or oxen will be brought before a judge. Chicken meat signifies benefiting through a woman. Meat signifies recovery from illness and the removal of sorrow, grief, and distress. Bird meat signifies obtaining benefit by travelling.

At times, eating bird meat in a dream signifies Paradise and righteous deeds that draw a person nearer to Paradise. Eating the flesh of wild animals signifies lawful sustenance. Sometimes, because of a cause contained within it, it also signifies hardship and danger. Fish meat signifies sustenance easily earned and bringing well-being. At times, fish meat signifies benefit to be obtained from the sea. Human flesh signifies victory over an enemy. Seeing unknown meat and blood signifies triumph and sedition.

What does it mean to see bird meat in a dream? If it is cooked or roasted, it signifies sustenance and property to be obtained from a woman through deceit and oppression. If it is not thoroughly cooked, it signifies that the dreamer will backbite a woman because she is tyrannical. Whoever sees himself eating the flesh of a bird whose meat is unlawful to eat will consume the property of a deceitful and oppressive people.

Eating duck meat in a dream signifies benefit arising through devout and righteous men among men. Roasted or fried young birds signify property earned amid toil and hardship.

If a person sees an abundance of his own flesh in a dream, his livelihood will become orderly. If that person is ill, he will recover. If a person sees his own flesh diminished, it signifies stagnation in his affairs, or illness, or deficiency in his condition or in his trade.

If a devoted worshipper or ascetic sees an abundance of his own flesh in a dream, he will tire of worship and occupy himself with the world and its pleasures. If a devoted worshipper or ascetic sees his own flesh diminished, it is the opposite of the interpretation mentioned above. Unknown meat signifies the property left behind by destroyed people.

Whoever sees himself eating human flesh in a dream will purchase property that is not valid. If a person sees his own flesh black and blue, or sees it cut into pieces and falling to the ground, it signifies a severe punishment that will befall him or an illness with which he will be afflicted.

If a person eats the excess flesh he sees upon himself in a dream, he eats the profit of his property and leaves his capital untouched. Whoever sees himself eating flesh that is not in excess will waste his capital or regret having undertaken a certain task. Contrary to what is commonly supposed, dreams of meat are not considered good at all. Raw meat in particular is always interpreted as evil. It is taken to signify illness, trouble, distress, and sorrow.

Whoever buys meat from a butcher in his dream will fall ill. If the meat is rotten, the situation is considered still worse. Meat dishes are always understood as a portion of provision tainted with the unlawful. Meat hanging in a butcher’s shop signifies a problem affecting the surrounding people as well.

Ibn Sīrīn: To see meat in a dream signifies property and benefit. Raw meat signifies backbiting, and cooked meat signifies lawful sustenance. For details, see the entry on Meat.

Ibn Sīrīn: To see meat in a dream may signify illness or property. Fresh meat is interpreted as backbiting, and cooked meat as lawful earnings. Eating human flesh signifies backbiting, while eating one’s own flesh signifies consuming the property of one’s relatives. Pork signifies unlawful property; mutton and beef signify lawful property. Fried meat is interpreted as deliverance from fear, and raw meat as illness and distress. Cutting meat may signify distributing property or backbiting.

It provides early awareness; the person sees risks before they grow and can choose a more solid path.

Neglect, haste, untrustworthy people or uncontrolled behavior can increase the difficulty.

In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, emotional life, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.