The Dream Menagerie - Explanations and stories...
Now I have shown you a good sample of the creatures that I have dreamed about. I can now outline some very vivid, story-like dreams that I have had, and the creatures they contained. - A common theme is fear of parasites. This long threadlike worm is able to harpoon you with a long oral sting, which sticks in you and I assume implants its larvae into your body. It is also common for me to read some strange book in my dream, and find a "real" creature that I had never seen before. This for example is a reptile I saw in an encyclopedia, green, arboreal, small, with keeled scales. However, it was a member of its own group, separate from all living reptiles, it was implied to be descended from early amniotes. This creature was a weta-like flying cricket which descended from the sky at night, landing on my face and scratching it badly. This little fellow was apparently from Star Wars, equal part Sy Snootles and Yoda, a tiny wizened race of alien, seated on a ship out in space. Her...
