Dreaming of Maggots

maggots, grubs, larvae · very negative

Maggots on something rotten foretell a death, sometimes of a pet.

What happens in the dream

  • Something putrid covered in maggots: a death, of a relative, a friend or a pet

How you felt

  • Disgust: the dream may reflect something decaying in your life
  • Fear of loss: it may express anxiety about endings

Ask yourself

  • What is going rotten that I should throw out?
  • What loss frightens me?

See also Worms · Rotten · Flies · Carrion · Death

Source: F. Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (1862). Also searched as: grubs, larvae.

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