I dreamt last night that I was swimming in a lake and an otter cam out from underneath me and grabbed my legs. I was afraid of it. I kept trying to swim away but it followed me onto the shore. I kept running, afraid it was going to bite me.

I was on the edge of a pond in the beginning. Roughly 4-6 otters were swimming and playing in the water and on the land. Coming up to me every so often as if asking me to join them. Me, as myself, was highly confused and a little weary about going to play. I thought they were going to drown me.
*wake up, go back to sleep*
Same dream, same otters. This time I’m by a river bank, trying to get to the water. I follow a trail that leads to a hidden walkway made of wood (specifically 2x4s) and get excited. The otters are following me. I abruptly turn around and scream at them and try to run to the water but instead I awoke feeling very confused.

I had a dream where I was hiding out in the woods, I found a small pond. As I stood there, an otter swims up to me and climbs out of the water. I pet it for a moment, and let it chew my finger (like it was investigating, not hurting me.) It called out toward the trees, which I assumed was a signal to other otters that it was safe to come out of hiding.

I slept there beside the water, and when I woke, a few fuzzy little white pups were snuggled up to me along with the mother otter.

I never think or dream about otters so I feel this has some significance, but I’m not entirely sure what.

I dreamed I was in my parents room and as I’m walking towards the closet area when I see something out of the corner of my eye. I notice a mother otter that looks like she just got out of the water, only there isn’t any water around. She walks towards me and I notice she has a newborn baby otter with her. I look around and there are two,other baby otters scattered around the room. I gather them and the mother otter vanishes. So I bring my cat and her kittens in the room and try to get my cat to nurse them and she does with some reluctance. Then that’s where that dream ends.

I dreamt of the really idealistic cottage with a wonderful garden and a large pond bit on closer inspection the pond was filthy and full of slimy and a dead otter, floating on top of the water.
I had the same dream last night but this time my partner was there…he was disgusted to see the otter floating there, jumped in but then throws it across the garden…this time I felt the presents of a elderly lady

-Anna - Tony's Assistant 2015-10-07 12:56:01

Dear Kirsty – Please read this first; http://dreamhawk.com/news/summing-up/
The way I see your dream is that you become aware that you have (and are) a beautiful natural mind – the cottage with a wonderful garden – and that you do not have access to it yet.
See http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/the-house-in-your-dream/
A pond in a dream is a symbol of a way of seeing into your own deeps – into your natural state of mind – and you become aware that there is some “dirt” which has to be undone first.
“Dirt” might have to do with beliefs, thoughts, feelings and whatever you took in from your parents, your upbringing, your culture, religion etc. that is now “floating on top of your natural state of mind.”
See also http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/authentic-self/
The dead otter could be a symbol of having lost your childlike playfulness and your belief in the ability to explore your inner life.
You can always try again to move beyond the inner barriers; and so a way to explore this symbol in your dream is to “Be the dead otter” and/or “Talk as the dead otter”.
See http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/acting-on-your-dream/#BeingPerson
and
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/practical-techniques-for-understanding-your-dreams/#TalkingAs
I think your last dream shows you how to deal with the dead otter.
Because of this part of your dream I feel it will be helpful to explore letting go of your anger and judgments which is symbolised by the actions of the INNER male in your dream.
See http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/archetype-of-the-animus-jungs-view-of-the-male-in-the-female/
Life Stream can be a wonderful way to surrender and co-operate with Life by daring to express (and release) what is part of your inner world with the intention to connect with “the elderly lady” again; with your inner wisdom.
You do not have to be “lady-like” to connect with her; you can “throw it all out.” 😉
See http://dreamhawk.com/approaches-to-being/the-lifestream/
and
http://dreamhawk.com/inner-life/water-wonderland/
Anna 🙂

I dreamt coyotes came in our yard and took my puppy, I ran after them with a bat, beating them til they dropped my puppy, and they dropped something else. A baby otter. I wanted to nurse it back to health but my BF made his kids go release it. I was angry at him, and his kids for realsing the injured baby in a stream full of kids. I was so mad and worried about the baby otter, that I woke up crying. This dream was really scary to me.

Dreamt i was driving around with a baby otter that i found we where talking like friends it also would sit on my shoulder

I had a dream with otters that got togheter and reproduced making little baby otters. After a while because they were hungry they started eating those little otters. when they had nothing else to eat they started stealing from other otters.

The otters metamorphosed form little lizards at the beginning.

Sorry about this…but this is what i dreamed

I had a dream that I was pregnant and I could see myself delivering the placenta first and after it was out the baby wouldnt come so I squatted and pushed really hard and when it came out, it was a baby otter. And I recall freaking out thinking it would die because the cord was rapped around its neck four Times but then the craziest thing happend, the otter chewed the cord off and it lived. And that’s the end of my crazy dream. Coment back if you know what this means.

A bright vivd green otter appeared in my dream. We were surrounded by a pond. I let the otter latch on to my finger. I could feel the teeth biting…. I experienced feelings of lightheartedness, thought it was cute

I dreamed that I was holding and caressing this animal, that seemed like a long cat, but with a face that was different. I asked someone in the room…maybe my youngest grown son…he said… its probably a rat. But upon careful investigation and memory…it was an otter. I am sure of it. And I remember loving it so deeply as I held it in my arms, cradling it like a baby, petting its head and body and looking into its brown eyes. I even said…a rat? It didnt phase me; I just kept loving it and experiencing it loving me back. I know it was too long and big to be a rat, for sure…it was an otter. What could this mean? It was such a beautiful experience!

-Tony Crisp 2014-11-02 8:30:34

Jea – Such a dream animal is a true representation of Life, and Life loves you and calls out your own love.

Just think about this for a minute – are you not an example of life? You are a living example of Life, and life is still not fully explained, yet here you are. And Life is a miracle. Astronomers spend millions trying to find signs of life on other planets, yet here you are and no one is acclaiming you – except your dream.

A dream animal is the nearest you can get to the miracle of life, and your love will open the doors in you for new and profound experiences.

Tony

I dreamed that I was eating a tin of sardines in a house with friends, although none of the friends were people I actually know in real life, just made-up dream friends.

As I was eating the sardines I noticed that they were quite large pieces of fish. There was a giant piece of tail I took a bite of, then I noticed that there was a large whole eel underneath the chopped fish.

The eel started to move and lift its head as I backed away from the tin, startled. Then I realized that to wasn’t an eel, but an otter.
It was covered in slime from the sardine tin, but it crawled out and began running around the room.

My friends and I looked on in disbelief and when it went for the screen door, I gave it a nudge to let the otter outside. My friends started yelling at me for letting it out, but I didn’t see why we should keep it captive.

-Tony Crisp 2014-09-28 15:12:54

George – I feel the dream is suggesting that in some measure you are living out of a tin – an artificially preserved lifestyle. But in eating the fish, something from your real life, feelings in you, found a living experience.

Maybe it was something that you felt that created in you a feeling of being alive and responding. The otter was an expression of something from your depths, and recognising it you gave it freedom of expression.

Tony

I dreamt a grey otter rushes into my house. it looks pretty happy to see me. And I also smile. Then I become cautious thinking it is going to create havoc in the house. So i try to shoo him away. It tries really hard to get back in through the door and is making protesting sounds. But I don’t allow him in. I feel really bad and torn in the dream. But i don’t allow it. I also saw some lizards running on the floor in the dream later.

I dreamed that I was sitting on a bench in front of a fountain. In the middle of the fountain there was a bit of land with a large tree. An otter was standing under the tree and I looked to her. She dove into the water and came out on the other side in front of me and I stood up from the bench. She held out her paw: she had a snail with the brightest white shell I had ever seen. She ate the snail and handed me the shell.

It was as if I understood her, and she understood me.

-Tony Crisp 2013-11-07 10:16:32

Hillary – An unusual dream, and a meaningful one. But I would love to know what you understood from the otter. It is difficult because dreams speak to us through deep feelings, and these are often difficult to put into words.

But try using http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/practical-techniques-for-understanding-your-dreams/#TalkingAs or any of the methods in http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/practical-techniques-for-understanding-your-dreams/ as this can often open the wonder of your dream.

Know I am giving a lot of links, but I really want you to understand what your dream is presenting to you, so please see http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/brain-levels-and-dreams/#mammalbrain and http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/animals/

The large tree is a main symbol and represents your whole life from your roots in the past to the tip of the branches – where you are reaching out to today.

The fountain is the flow of Life, that comes from the depth so the mystery that we all are, into appearance as you. And the otter is your ability to see and hunt under the surface of life, which probably shows itself as intuition – see http://dreamhawk.com/inner-life/using-your-intuition-1/ and http://dreamhawk.com/interesting-people/edgar-cayce-and-the-cosmic-mind-superminds/ The otter is also a wonderful sign that you have not shut yourself of form the natural – a great guide.

So it suggests a great entrance into knowing the deeper aspects of you.

Tony

I had a dream where I became friends with an otter of the ocean and I decided to take her home with me.