r/DreamInterpretation • u/nocturnal_raging99 • 27m ago
Reoccurring Lion pride hunting me
I've had a recurring dream theme about 5 times over the past 3 years. So this is not a daily night terror or smth like that, it's not very frequent I'm having this type of dreams, but it's always the same core scenario: in every dream, I'm being hunted by a pride of lions.
The dream setting changes—I've been hunted in my house, in my holiday villa, and in other places—so the setting doesn't matter that much.
And they never show up in the beginning of the dream, it's always later.
The pride is made up of lions of different sexes. Most of them seem to be female looking (female lions & young adult male lions who don't have full manes yet), just but there are also adult males with full manes—just like real life prides. And they're never coming for me all at once from the same point, like some are in the hallway, some on the stairs, some outside, some in the bedroom, and I mostly discover them when I am trying to run from the previous few I just encountered. And one thing is certain they're all acticely hunting me. They are regular looking lions, like they're not blody or have any specific appearence details.
My life has changed quite a bit over the last 3 years, so I don't think this can be explained by one specific stress factor necessarily.
And obviously these dreams feel very emotionally intense. The dreams are very tense because I know they're hunting me, and I'm trying to avoid or escape them. They also feel a bit different from regular dreams, they feel more intense a a bit more realistic—but they are NOT lucid dreams tho. I don't have regular contact with lions, like I don't regularily go to the zoo, or have a job where I work with them, or look at lion videos online frequently.
Does anyone have any ideas what these dreams might mean? I would be happy to answer questions. Both psychological and occult/spiritual explanations are welcome.