Dreaming of a Corpse
corpse, body, cadaver, dead body · very negative, with one happy exception
A corpse in a dream mostly brings sad news and setbacks, though one reading sees long life in it.
What happens in the dream
- The body of a family member: a serious rift at home or hard times; for lovers, broken promises
- You place coins on a corpse's eyes: you will be robbed without being able to respond; on one eye only, you will recover your property after a long struggle
- Simply seeing a corpse, by another reading: a sign of long life, the one happy omen
- A battlefield strewn with bodies: war and widespread discontent
- An animal's carcass: an unhealthy situation, in business and in health
- You see a corpse: sad news of absent people, gloomy business and many disappointments
- A corpse placed in its casket: immediate trouble
- A corpse dressed in black: a friend's violent death or a desperate business tangle
How you felt
- Dread: the dream often reflects a fear of loss or of endings
- A need to move on: something lifeless in you may need to be left behind
Ask yourself
- What has gone lifeless in my daily life?
- What ending am I afraid of?
See also Coffin · Death · Dead (The) · Funeral · Shroud
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901); F. Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (1862). Also searched as: body, cadaver, dead body.