Eel

Eels, Moray eel, Electric eel

An eel is hard to hold even with both hands: it's long, slick and gone in a flash. "Slippery as an eel" is an old saying for someone who won't give a straight answer, and the dream often has that flavor: a situation, a promise or a person you can't quite pin down. Eels are also great travelers, swimming thousands of miles to one patch of the Atlantic, the Sargasso Sea, to breed, so one can stand for a long, quiet journey that only you know about. An eel gliding calmly through clear water is a kinder sight: you're getting through a murky stretch with more ease than you think.

Dream variations

• Eating eelYou're willing to try what others turn their noses up at. Go by your own taste on this one.
• An electric eelA jolt of news or energy is on its way. Use the spark to get something started, and keep a little distance from anyone who's too charged up.
• A moray eel in a rocky creviceSomething you'd rather avoid is tucked into a corner of your life. You don't have to reach in today, but know where it is.
• Catching an eelYou've finally got hold of a tricky matter. Keep a firm, relaxed grip and settle it before it wriggles off.

Related symbols

Snake · Fish · River · Ocean

Dream interpretations are for entertainment.