River otter
A playful, fish-catching mammal at home in moving water — skilled work that still looks like pleasure.
A river otter in a dream is the dream's image of skilled work that still looks like pleasure. The otter hunts seriously and also slides down mud-banks for fun; the play and the labour are not separated. The dream brings the otter when something in your life — a craft, a friendship, a way of moving through your days — is currently being done well and also enjoyed. An otter catching fish and rolling in the shallows is the dream affirming the integration. An otter forced out of its stretch of river, the play and the work both gone with it, is the dream noting that the particular water you do this in is not interchangeable, and the easy combination depends on a specific place.