Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meaning to dreams.
Tom Paine's Nightly Pest, a James Gillray cartoon of political activist Thomas Paine dreaming of faceless judges unfurling scrolls listing charges and punishments
The ancient Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh (Tablet V pictured) contains numerous examples of dream interpretation.
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot)
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, although the dreamer may perceive the dream as being much longer than this.
A painting depicting Daniel O'Connell dreaming of a confrontation with George IV, shown inside a thought bubble
Usha Dreaming Aniruddha (oleographic print) Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906)
A soldier dreams: the trenches of WWI. Jan Styka (1858–1925).
The Knight's Dream, 1655, by Antonio de Pereda