Dictionary of Dreams

324 IBN SEERIN'S money. They also mean memorizing a book of knowledge, understanding it, knowing it by heart, or writing poems. They also mean performing one's pilgrimage to Mecca and pelting stones in the valley ofMina at a placed called Jamarat. Pelting stones in a dream also means harshness, toughness, slander, oryouth. Collecting pebbles for pelting from a marketplace, a street, under the trees, or in a farmland in a dreammeans receivingfinancial benefits. Collecting pebbles at the foot of a tree in a dream means receiving a gift from a person in authority, or profits from the sea, learning at the hand of a good teacher, a gift from a wealthy wife, or they could mean the birth of a son if one does not have a son. Throwing pebbles in the sea in a dream means wasting one's money. Throwing pebbles in a well in a dream means benefiting from a marriage or a business. (Also see Grauel, Pelting stones) Pecan: (See Walnut) Pederasty: (Homosexuality; Lover of boys; Sodomize; Sodomy) Molesting a child, or forcing a boy to sodomy in a dreammeans committing an evil act, loss ofone's capital to one's enemy, engaging in loathsome actions, losing dignity, or confronting an enemy. (Also see Anus; Inkwell; Satan; Scorpion; Sexual inter­ course; Sodomy) PeeP: (See Shell) PeeP: (See Skinning an animal) Peephole: (See Attic window; Window) Peg: (Pin; Pole; Stake; Tent peg) In a dream, a peg represents a high ranking person, a master, or a scholar. If a youngman hits someone over his back with a wooden stick in a dream, it means that he will beget a son who will grow to be a hypocrite and an enemy to his father. Unplugging a peg or the pole ofa tent in a dream means death. Driving a peg into the wall in a dream means liking to associate oneselfwith a great person. Driving a peg into a house in a dream means being in love with a woman from that family. Driving a wooden peg or a pin into wood in a dream means liking to befriend a teenager who is also a hypocrite. A metal peg in a dream represents money, strength, pain, distress, sorrow, or rising to a high rankingposition tobecomefirmlyestablished therein. It also means being drafted to accept a governmental position, or it could mean impeachment from office or travels. If a peg is interpreted to represent a son or a wife in a dream, then it denotes longevity. Standing on top ofa pole in a dream means acquiring knowledge from a great scholar. A peg in a dream also implies money, love, marriage, distress, sorrow, or hypocrisy. Pelting stones: (Twenty one pebbles collected at Muzdalifa near the Plain of 'Arafa during the pilgrimage season and are used to stone the devil at a place called Jamarat.) In a dream, pelting stones represent fidelity, paying one's debts, victory over one's enemy, or doing good deeds. To eat one of the stones which are intended for pelting in a dream means to devour or steal the property of a young orphan. Pelting stones in a dream also means fulfilling one's obligatory prayers and fasting, having earlier missed their performance for a legitimate reason. (Also see Pebbles; Pilgrimage; Jamariit) Pelvis: (See Abdomen) Pen: (Pencil; Tongue) In a dream, a pen represents knowledge, learning, a child, a tradesman, or commanding what is good and forbidding what is evil. If a tradesman or a craftsman sees a pen in his dream, it means that he will be successful in his trade, or that he will preside over people of the same trade. If a tradesman earns somethingwith a pen, or writes an invoicewith it in a dream, it means that he will be protected from poverty through his trade. If a writer sees himselfcarrying a pen, or holding a paper, or an inkwell in a dream, it also means having a source of income, protection against poverty, earning one's