Little Giant Encyclopedia
by Klaus VollmarAn image frequently dreamed about by women. Longing for powerful love while, at the same time, also being afraid of the experience.
The tiger and the Lion are both symbols of vitality and passion.
The tiger is more a symbol of female sexual energy, while the lion is more a symbol of masculine sexual energy.
The tiger possesses great energy, and one of its main strengths when it attacks is the surprise factor.
It is also the symbol of severe loss. In the Shinto (of ancient Japan), the tiger was considered a holy but people- devouring predator, the personification of horror and fear who stops at nothing. According to Jung, it is also the symbol for female compulsion, as in Cat, Bear, Snake.
The Big Dictionary of Dreams
by Martha ClarkeIt is also the symbol of strength and aggressiveness. Because of this it is associated with the liberation of the basic instincts: plenty of energy that could turn against you. A domesticated tiger, in contrast, reflects the triumph of reason over passion.
In the children’s poem “Tiger” by William Blake, the animal represents material existence. Its frightening character is the suffering that people experience when they lose their innocence.
Islamic Dream Interpretation
by Ibn SeerinA tiger inside one’s house in a dream represents an insolent person who attacks one’s family. Seeing a tiger or a leopard in one’s dream means receiving money from an insolent or an artful person.
A struggle with a tiger in a dream means fighting with an insolent person. Tiger’s bite in a dream represents damage caused by such a person.
A tiger in a dream also represents either a man or a woman. It also represents deceit, trickery, an illness, or eye irritation. Tigress milk in a dream represents enmity. Seeing a tiger in a dream also could mean repenting from sin.
(Also see Fur, Milking a tiger)
