Maggot dream meaning is explained below using 11 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — DreamForth
To dream of maggots implies that you harbor fears regarding your own demise. It may also symbolize some situation that you have been ignoring and is causing you great anxiety. You must overcome this obstacle in order to achieve spiritual peace. In particular, to dream that you are stepping on maggots implies that you are carrying feelings of regret and uncleanliness. You are concealing negative emotions and actions. On a positive note, this can represent your determination and drive to face hardship and emerge victorious.
Source: Dream Symbols and Analysis • Author: DreamForth
Interpretation 2 — Michael and Elizabeth Thiessen
A maggot is a filthy, loathsome, little thing that turns into a filthy, annoying fly, and as such it is representative of someone in your life, or someone you know well, who is lazy and good for nothing, and who may be leeching off your generosity. Search the rest of your dream and you will be able to pinpoint the whole warning.
Source: Encyclopedia of Dreams • Author: Michael and Elizabeth Thiessen
Interpretation 3 — Garuda
Vision: Looking at meat crawling with maggots: be careful, certain people want to live off your success and are shamelessly exploiting your knowledge and skills.
Depth Psychology: A maggot usually stands for your own negative behavior; it might also be a sign that you are trying to change your behavior.
Source: Dreamers Dictionary • Author: Garuda
Interpretation 4 — Theresa Cheung
To see maggots in your dream represents your anxieties about death. It may also be indicative of some issue or problem that you have been rejecting and that is now‘eating away’ at you.
Source: The Element Encyclopedia • Author: Theresa Cheung
Interpretation 5 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
1. Maggots feeding on flesh is an indication that something disgusts one deeply in life.
2. Someone is taking advantage of one’s generosity.
3. Fear of death.
Source: New American Dream Dictionary • Author: Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
Interpretation 6 — Vincent Wienand
1. Corruption; Job 17:14;
2. Decay; Exod. 16:20
3. Judgment; Acts 12:23
4. Feeds on the flesh; Job 19:26
Source: Dream Dictionary The Biblical Model • Author: Vincent Wienand
Interpretation 7 — Klaus Vollmar
Greed and laziness.
Folklore: Domestic quarrels.
Source: Little Giant Encyclopedia • Author: Klaus Vollmar
Interpretation 8 — Tyler Wolfe
Symbolic of a wicked person, Job 25:6
Source: Christian Dream Symbols • Author: Tyler Wolfe
Interpretation 9 — Internet Archive - Anonymous
A dispute in the home.
Source: Mystic Dream Book • Author: Internet Archive - Anonymous
Interpretation 10 — Margaret Hamilton
See “gossip”
Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited • Author: Margaret Hamilton
Interpretation 11 — Betty Bethards
See Decay.
Source: The Dream Books Symbols • Author: Betty Bethards