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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 465427" data-attributes="member: 221">Dreams are a vital part IMO to the human personality.  There is a sort of commonality to the dreams of most people, even though each dream is unique.As I was thinking of this it struck me that we tend to assume all sapient creatures would dream alike.  But such would very likely not be the case.  Some sapient creatures might never dream.  Tolkien tries to get to this thought with his elves whom he describes as seeing the whole world as a waking dream.  So here's the question - how might non-humans dream, if they dream at all?  And how does this help mold their racial personality.Two examples:Dwarves:  The dreams of mountain dwarves tend to be less linear than human dreams.  Rarely do their subconscious minds rehash elements of their waking day.  Instead their slumber is deep and their thoughts are of rocks and minearls.  They feel the substance of rocks as they slumber, they dwell on the properties and nature of the various minerals and in their minds they are at one with the earth which surrounds them.  When they wake they are almost always refreshed and strengthened from their deep slumber and they are more firmly reconnected to their roots.Noble Fire Salamanders:  Not surprisingly the dreams of the fire salamanders deal with heat and flame.  Their dreams are like a constant furnace which blazes in their minds throughout their sleep.  Their are no pictures, no words to their dream, just a neverending explosion of heat.</blockquote>

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