Lila Schwan in Träumen
Schönheit in Stille gehalten — ein Selbst, in das Sie hineingewachsen sind.
Wie lila die Lesung verändert
Die Basisdeutung von Schwan
A swan in a dream is the dictionary's image of beauty that arrived through a long process — the children's tale of the ugly duckling is the same image. A swan gliding on still water is the dream noting that you have grown into a version of yourself you used to be embarrassed about.
A pair of swans is the dream image of a partnership that has aged into something graceful — even if the partnership in question is between you and your own work.
Where you often see it. A swan on a lake. A swan approaching slowly. The dream uses the swan for beauty held in stillness — a self that you have grown into.
What it is not. A swan is not always cliché grace. The dictionary reads it as the dreamer's matured visible self.
Related in the dictionary. Read swan with duck (its working-cousin), lake, and any scene where stillness and beauty are both present.