Termite mound
A tall, hard structure built by thousands of small insects — quiet collective work that produces architecture.
A termite mound in a dream is the dream's image of architecture produced by the unnoticed coordinated work of thousands of small workers. No single termite designs the mound; the structure emerges from many individual repetitions. The dream brings the mound when something in your life — an institution, a tradition, a body of accepted opinion — is standing as a tall, hard structure that no one person remembers building. A mound left intact, with the colony working, is the dream affirming the collective. A mound broken open, with the small workers exposed and trying to repair it, is the dream noting that what looked solid was, on the inside, a great many fragile workers, and the exposure of the colony will be felt in the structure.