Dictionary of Dreams

416 IBN SEERIN'S wife. If one sees a stream running off its course, or damaging people's crops in a dream, it means bad news. Blocking the path of a stream in a dream means separation between a husband and a wife, or avoiding a sinfu l action between unmarried relatives. If one sees himself standing behind a rivulet in a dream, it means that his wife will inherit him. If one sees the water of a streamflowing toward his own home or garden, and if he finds that its water has turned into blood in the dream, it means that someone will marry his wife after him. Drinking fresh water from a rivulet, a stream, or a river in a dream represents thejoy of living or longevity. A murky water of a rivulet or a stream in a dream means a fright, difficulties, or a sickness. Streams in a dream also represent the veins and the blood that flows through the human body. (Also see Fountainhead; Meadow; Spring) Street vendor: In a dream, if a street vendor is selling woolen garments or golden jewelry, then one's dream denotes benefits. If he is selling silk merchandise in the dream, then it denotes harm. Strength: In a dream, strength signifies wealth that is accompanied with an illness. Stress: In a dream, stress means tightness of income, or it could represent the consequences of one's wrongdoing, or the punishment for his sins. Stretcher: (Dolly; Litter) In a dream, a stretcher or a dolly represents a hard­ workingman who earns his livelihood through toiling and sufferings. There are no advantages in seeinga stretcher in a dream and particularly ifone is brought before a sick person, then it means his death and departure from this world. A stretcher in a dream also represents an abode or a hostel. Strike: (See Spur) Striking: (See Punch; Slapping; Spur) String instruments: Seeing string instruments in a dream means recovering from an illness, or they can represent man's spinal cord, or his spinal column, strength, sternness, relentlessness, health condition, orphysical fitness. Seeing string instruments in a dream also means gaining some understanding about human nature, or the physiology of the human being, or they could represent medicine or astronomy. If a bachelor sees string instruments in his dream, it may mean that he will get married. If a wife sees herself playing a string instrument in her dream, it means that she will put a child in her lap. Ifone sees himselfplaying a string instrument in front ofthe governor's house in a dream, it means that he will preside over people should he qualify. Otherwise, it could mean that he will piece together or fabricate a story. Seeing a lute or a guitar in a dream denotes no harm if one sees them or intends to hold them, except if one hears their music. Playing or hearing a string instrument in a dream represents lies. Playing them in one's house in a dream represent a calamity that will befall that family. It is also said that playing such an instrument in a dream also means winningfame and presidingover others, though it could also denote distress for the player. If a string of such an instrument breaks in a dream, it means relaxation and relief from stress. A broken string of a lute or a guitar or similar instrument in a dream represents a precious property that causes its owner a headache. Every time he remembers it, he suffers from heartburn or stomach pain. Seeing such an instrument by a layman or a hard­ working person in a dream means consolation and a lesson to learn from life. Seeing it by an insolent person in a dream means further corruption, while if a a tyrant or an unjust person sees it in a dream. it means oppressing others, terrorizingthem andcuttingthemofffromtheirfamilies. (Also seeBanjo;Musician) String: (See String instruments) Stripped: (See Naked)