Dreaming of a Beaver

beaver, dam, rodent · mixed

The beaver rewards patience, but killing it for its fur brings accusations.

What happens in the dream

  • You see beavers: you will reach comfortable circumstances through patient effort
  • You kill them for their fur: you will be accused of fraud and of wronging innocent people

How you felt

  • Perseverance: you may be building something step by step
  • Unease: a worry that you've taken a dishonest shortcut

Ask yourself

  • Which project needs my patience?
  • Are all my methods above board?

See also Otter · Fur · Work · Industriousness · Woodchuck

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: dam, rodent.

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