Dictionary of Dreams

100 IBN SEERIN'S Cow bell: (See Bell) Cow: A cow in a dream represents longevity. A black or a yellow cow represents happiness, prosperity and a good harvest. A white spot on a cow's face means firmness if seen in a dream at the early part of the year. The piebald cow or a cowblotched with white and black in a dream means the same, though the latter also represents firmness when seen in the middle of the year. A fat cow in a dream represents longevity and prosperity. A fat cow in a dream also may represent a pious woman. An emaciated cow in a dream represents drought. Drinking cow's milk or eating its meat or fat in a dream means prosperity and earning lawful income for that year. If the cow has horns, it represents a rebellious woman. If a dairy cow allows the person to draw her milk in a dream, it means conferring benefits. Otherwise. if it refuses to allow the person to milk her in the dream, it means dissonance and discord. If a servant sees himself milking his master's cow in a dream, it means that he will marry his wife after the master dies. and that he will become extremely rich. If a cow enters one's house and thrusts against him, or butts against him in the dream, it means losses and mistrust in one's own family. If one sees himself hitting a cow with a wooden stick or biting a cow in a dream, the cow then represents his sins. If a cow scratches someone in a dream, it means an illness. Ifone is attacked by a cow or a steer in a dream, it means that a great punishment will befall him, or itcouldmean that hemaybe killed duringthat sameyear. Ifone sees himself riding a black cow, or if a cow enters his house, where he ties her to a pole in his dream, itmeansmoney, good business and dispellingofhis anxiety, sadness, loneliness or distress. A slaughtered cow in a dream represents a calamity. I f a shipment ofyellow cows arrives at the port of a city in a dream, i t means a plague or the spreading of unknown diseases. If a herd of ugly looking cows enters a citywith smoke emanating from their noses, and ifthe people hate their look in the dream, it means a raid, an enemy, or that unwanted solders will control that town. If one sees himself riding a cow in a dream, it means that he will inherit a woman. If one is offered a cow hide as a gift in a dream, it means that he will receive money from someone in authority. On the other hand, ifone is stripped of a cow's hide he owns in a dream, it represents a fine that he will have to pay. Toseethe calfoftheChildren ofIsrael in a dreammeans dissension, temptation or amurder. It alsomaymean a miraculousevent, or that a heavenly sign will take place in that locality. If the person is disobedient to his mother, he will repent and turn to be good to her. If a cow butts against him in a dream, it means that God is displeased with him. (Also see Counting cows) Cowardice: (Lacking courage) Cowardliness in a dream means training one's horsesfora racingbusiness, or it could mean modesty, ordefendingwhat is right and opposing what is wrong. Cowboy: In a dream, a cowboy represents flow of profits from one's business, or it may mean dancing or whirling. Cowshed: (See Carriage house) Crab apple: (See Medlar tree) Crab lice: (See Nit) Crack In a tree: A crack in a tree in a dreammeans that one's familymembers will brace against him. Cracking of the skin: (See Face) Cracking one's fingers: Crackingone's fingers in a dreammeans exchanging bad wordsbetween relatives, beingsarcastic, ormakingfunofothers. (Also seeBodyl) Cradle of Ism ai l : (A section of the Sacred House in Mecca.) Seeing oneselfpraying or standing at the Cradle of Ismiill in a dream means bearing a son who will become theprincipal provider for the family. Ifone is rich,thenseeingthe cradle