maybe the man represents a partner or friend for your sister? Like they were together but he couldn't save her even though she saved him, might be why you were mad at first but then let it go
The ocean, and in this case probably sharks too, represents mystery/unknown, so it could be a way for your mind to give you a random unprecedented happening you'd have to deal with
I read something about dreams once, you know those dreams where you're being chased or falling? Apparently they're very common, and would have helped teach our cavemen ancestors how to handle such things
Also, dreams are one way our subconscious can talk to us, our subconscious being this like omnipotent and distant aspect of our psyche
Maybe the lone shark was there to prepare you for things that happen to you that you can't control or fix, like your sister's death
The lion could show you that life carries on, don't spend too much time caught up in things otherwise it could be your undoing
You found a way to escape, but maybe the dream was getting too real and your heart was beating fast and maybe adrenaline was being released into your system
Litelander has a good point, there's not really a definitive correct answer, but you can choose to look at things however you want to, whether as a dumb dream with no meaning or as some form symbolism
I personally would choose to look at the symbolism, to not would almost be like keeping an acorn from growing into a tree because it won't even be a real tree for decades and you can eat the acorn now
You also have things like archetypes and a collective unconscious, so there's definitely a lot of symbolism out there in dream land
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maybe the man represents a partner or friend for your sister? Like they were together but he couldn't save her even though she saved him, might be why you were mad at first but then let it go
The ocean, and in this case probably sharks too, represents mystery/unknown, so it could be a way for your mind to give you a random unprecedented happening you'd have to deal with
I read something about dreams once, you know those dreams where you're being chased or falling? Apparently they're very common, and would have helped teach our cavemen ancestors how to handle such things
Also, dreams are one way our subconscious can talk to us, our subconscious being this like omnipotent and distant aspect of our psyche
Maybe the lone shark was there to prepare you for things that happen to you that you can't control or fix, like your sister's death
The lion could show you that life carries on, don't spend too much time caught up in things otherwise it could be your undoing
You found a way to escape, but maybe the dream was getting too real and your heart was beating fast and maybe adrenaline was being released into your system
Litelander has a good point, there's not really a definitive correct answer, but you can choose to look at things however you want to, whether as a dumb dream with no meaning or as some form symbolism
I personally would choose to look at the symbolism, to not would almost be like keeping an acorn from growing into a tree because it won't even be a real tree for decades and you can eat the acorn now
You also have things like archetypes and a collective unconscious, so there's definitely a lot of symbolism out there in dream land