What Do Animals in Dreams Mean?

Animals within a dream can mean several things. Here are some of the possible meanings of an animal in your dream. Each element has many more meanings depending on context, but here are a few to help you in your journey.

PLEASE NOTE: Element meanings vary per person. A cat or dog may be bad to you, but a good thing to me if I love cats or dogs. Use discernment to determine if the meanings here align with your dream and what feels right.

Alligator/Crocodiles

• ancient; evil out of the past; danger, destruction; evil spirit; or slander & gossip (big mouth); aggression

Bat

• witchcraft; unstable; flighty; fear

Bear

• judgment; strength; opposition; an evil spirit that wants something you have; economic loss (as in a “bear market”); Russia

Polar Bear

• religious spirit

Beaver

industrious; busy; diligent; clever, ingenious

Bird

symbol of spirits, good or evil

Bull

persecution; spiritual warfare; opposition, accusation; slander, threat; economic increase (as in a “bull market”)

Cheetah

swift or fast; predator, danger; play on word for “Cheater”

Colt

bearing the burden of others; or stubbornness

Chicken

fear, cowardliness; hen can be protection, gossip, motherhood; rooster can be boasting, bragging, proud; chick can be defenseless, innocent

Crab

not easy to approach

Crow

confusion; outspoken; operating in envy or strife; hateful; unclean; God’s minister of justice or provision

Cow

subsistence; prosperity

Deer

graceful, swift; sure-footed, agile; timid

Dog

unbelievers; religious hypocrites; loyalty, friendship, or faithfulness

Pit Bull Dog

ferocious demonic spirit

Donkey

gentle strength, burden bearer; negative “ stubborn

Dove

Holy Spirit

Dragon

Satan

Dinosaur

old stronghold, demonic, danger from the past (generational stronghold)

Eagle

prophetic; prophetic calling

Elephant

invincible or thick skinned; not easily offended; powerful; large; having great impact; storing memory; old memory; long pregnancy

Fish

souls of men

Fox

cunning, evil men; sly, sneaky; something that steals from you

Frog

spirit of lust; demon; curse; witchcraft

Goat

sinner; unbelief; stubborn; argumentative; no discernment; negative person; being blamed for something (as in “scapegoat”); positive – prosperity in some cultures

Hawk

predator; sorcerer; evil spirit; a person who is for war

Hare

fast, hasty, quick

Hen

one who gathers, protects

Horse

power, strength, conquest; spiritual warfare

White Horse

salvation; rescue; redeem; royalty

Black Horse

famine; bad times; evil (Rev 6:5)

Red Horse

persecution; anger; danger; opposition (Rev 6:4)

Leopard

swiftness, sometimes associated with vengeance, predator, danger

Lion

Jesus as the “Lion of the tribe of Judah”; royalty, kingship, bravery; confidence; Satan seeking to destroy

Lobster

not easy to approach

Mice

something small that bring destruction; devourer, curse, plague, timid

Mole

spiritual blindness; someone pretending to be someone that he is not to win your trust

Monkey

foolishness; clinging; mischief; dishonesty; addiction

Mountain Lion

Satan, enemy; predator seeking to destroy

Octopus

Jezebel Spirit because of the tentacles

Ox

slow change; subsistence

Black Panther

high level witchcraft; demonic activity, works in darkness

Pig

ignorance; hypocrisy; religious unbelievers, unclean people; selfish, gluttonous; vicious, vengeful

Raccoon

mischief; night raider; rascal; thief, bandit; deceitful

Ram

sacrifice

Rat

feeds on garbage or impurities; unclean spirit, invader

Raven

evil, Satan

Serpent

Satan & evil spirits

Sheep

the people of God; innocent, vulnerable; humility; submission; sacrifice

Skunk

stinking up a situation; unforgiveness, bitterness; bad attitude

Sloth

slow-moving; easy prey; vulnerable

Snake

deception, lies; Satan; unforgiveness, bitterness

White Snake

spirit of religion; occult

Sparrow

small value but precious; watched by the Lord

Tiger

danger; powerful minister (both good & evil), soul power, demonic spirit

Tortoise

slow moving; slow change; steady; old; old way of doing something; wise

Turkey

foolish; clumsy; dumb; thanksgiving

Vulture

scavenger; unclean; impure; an evil person; greedy

Weasel

wicked; breaking promises (as in “weaseling out of a deal”); informant or tattletale; traitor

Whale

big impact in the things of the Spirit; going deep in the spirit

Wolf

Satan and evil; false ministries & false teachers; predator