Dream Galaxy

Religious narrative · Light & dark

The sun, the moon and eleven stars

Canaan · undated (text c. 6th c. BCE)

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Original text — The Bible, King James Version, Various

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Source
The Bible, King James Version — Various, 1611. Genesis 37:9
Rights
Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
Record type
Religious narrative
Place
Canaan · Hebrew Bible
Date
undated (text c. 6th c. BCE)
Uncertainty
High — Religious narrative; not a historical dream report.
Imagery
Sun · Moon · Stars · Sky
Feelings
Awe

How traditions have read this kind of dream

Psychological

Dreamers often report vivid light, shadow and colour. Ellis observed that vision dominates dreams even though the eyes are closed; some later writers treat light and dark as figures for knowing and not-knowing.

Ellis (1911), ch. IV

Mythological

Sun, moon and stars bow to Joseph in his dream; across cultures celestial lights mark rank, destiny and the order of the cosmos.

Genesis 37

Chinese traditions

The moon in Chinese poetry is a shared light across distance — the same moon seen by people far apart — which is why it appears so often in dreams of absent loved ones.

Su Shi; Du Fu

These are cultural lenses, not a diagnosis.

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