When I was in Vegas last year my wife and I found a book on what dreams mean. (I can't remember the name. Hope I'm not developing dementia.)
I do remember we both looked up our recurring characters in dreams.
Mine was skulls. Every dream I ever had there was a skull/skeleton looking at me. And I was always searching for something in a blue hazy like sunset of colors. Not day or night but like dusk. And, everyone was dressed in a cloak. In the book it said that a skull was a searching for the meaning of life. Since I have begun to read spiritual books (NO Wt's) and focus on what I think and feel and not what the Jehovah's that were in my life want me to argue about the people in my dreams still have cloaks but they are no longer hooded. And no skulls. Sometimes in my dreams we are on a hillside and we are just talking. (Never can recall what) I can't remember the last dream I had that was bad.
My wife used to have horrid spider dreams. I mean waking up screaming and tearing at the sheets. I stopped sleeping in the bed if she had them because it would go on for nights. Spiders attacking you according to the book were character representations of your mother who you see as trying to control you and your life. (Which is right on. Her mother is a bitch of a demon if there ever was one.)
If I remember I think that a tiger character represents your past or something in it. But I am not sure so don't quote that one. I will try and find out what the heck the name of it was. It was really cool reference book to read.