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Dream. A painting depicting Daniel O'Connell dreaming of a confrontation with George IV, shown inside a thought bubble. A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. [ 1] Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, [ 2] and each dream lasts ...
In Greek mythology, dreams were sometimes personified as Oneiros ( Ancient Greek: Ὄνειρος, lit. 'dream') or Oneiroi ( Ὄνειροι, 'dreams'). [ 1] In the Iliad of Homer, Zeus sends an Oneiros to appear to Agamemnon in a dream, while in Hesiod 's Theogony, the Oneiroi are the sons of Nyx (Night), and brothers of Hypnos (Sleep).
The Dreaming. Stencil art at Carnarvon Gorge, which may be memorials, signs from or appeals to totemic ancestors or records of Dreaming stories [ 1] The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal mythology.
Oneirology. An artist's imaginary depiction of a dream. In the field of psychology, the subfield of oneirology ( / ɒnɪˈrɒlədʒi /; from Ancient Greek ὄνειρον, oneiron, "dream"; and - λογία, - logia, "the study of") is the scientific study of dreams. Research seeks correlations between dreaming and knowledge about the functions ...
Lucid dream. In the psychology subfield of oneirology, a lucid dream is a type of dream wherein a person that is dreaming realizes that they are dreaming during their dream. The capacity to have lucid dreams is a trainable cognitive skill. [ 1] During a lucid dream, the dreamer may gain some amount of volitional control over the dream ...
Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to dreams . In many ancient societies, such as those of Egypt and Greece, dreaming was considered a supernatural communication or a means of divine intervention, whose message could be interpreted by people with these associated spiritual powers. In the modern era, various schools of ...
Dreamwork is the exploration of the images and emotions that a dream presents and evokes. It differs from classical dream interpretation in that it does not attempt to establish a unique meaning for the dream. In this way the dream remains "alive" whereas if it has been assigned a specific meaning, it is "finished" (i.e., over and done with).
Daydreaming is a stream of consciousness that detaches from current external tasks when one's attention becomes focused on a more personal and internal direction. Various names of this phenomenon exist, including mind-wandering, fantasies, and spontaneous thoughts. There are many types of daydreams – however, the most common characteristic to ...