So recently I have become enamored by Norse custom and its pantheon, and while I have always been a believer of magic, I myself was raised Catholic and mostly kept my interest purely theoretical. However, my research, plus my new fascination has caused me to question my faith more thoroughly. Last night, I asked for a sign, to solidify once and for all my thoughts on the matter. Then, I had two separate dreams.
In the first dream I was in a forest. It was autumn, I think, judging by the colors of the leaves, and there was a white deer with me with a goat’s face. From a distance, it seemed large, but when it came closer it barely reached my hip. I feel like I knew its name in the dream, but I’ve forgotten it since. It let me pet it, and I knew it wouldn’t try to hurt me, so I did. Then I either woke up and don’t remember it or the dream faded away.
The next dream I had I was sitting in my grandparents’ backyard. The wooden bench had a dead deer propped up to sit like a human, its throat slit downward, from chin to collarbone. The white deer with the goatface was there as well, and when I looked down I saw the shadows of two birds circling, which I knew to be ravens. When I looked at the white deer for too long, it began to contort, its head thrown back and its shoulders shifting under its skin to better suit the shape of something more humanoid. Then I woke up and wrote everything down.
Online sources have thus far been confused and inconsistent, and while I think I know who sent me my dream, I can’t find anything matching the pantheon or the imagery besides the ravens. If anyone could shed some light on the subject, that would be exceedingly helpful.
in my opinion (only you can know for certain) the goat deer thing represents your faith, Magick, your guides, deity's, and the knowledge that these things exist. you know it's name because you may have always known that this was what you believed and it displayed that it wants to work for your betterment. the second dream sounds like it was a similar creature, but your family hate the idea of this belief so they killed it and anything to do with it, that belief is dead in your family. then it morphed into something more human so that your family would be more comfortable with it. as for the raven's, well they often appear above the carcass of an animal but i get the impression that detail of the dream stuck with you and it is rare for their only to be two Raven's so as you suspected they are probably Hugin and Muning mourning the loss of the knowledge that they love (the carcass) and want people to obtain. once again this is just a guess and only you can know the meaning of this dream for certain. i suggest asking for confirmation and going with your intuition, if this is something that you struggle with then try doing this near or while holding an amethyst. i hope that this helps.
