Editing Dream interpretation (section)

{{Short description|Assigning of meaning to dreams}}
{{For|similar terms|Dream Interpretation (album)|Interpretation of dreams (disambiguation)}}
{{Redirect|Dream analysis|the book by Carl Jung|Dream Analysis}}
{{Original research|date=August 2022}}[[File:Tom Paine's nightly pest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|''Tom Paine's Nightly Pest'', a [[James Gillray]] cartoon of political activist [[Thomas Paine]] dreaming of faceless judges unfurling scrolls listing charges and punishments]]

'''Dream interpretation''' is the process of assigning meaning to [[dream]]s. In many ancient societies, such as those of [[ancient Egypt|Egypt]] and [[ancient Greece|Greece]], dreaming was considered a supernatural communication or a means of [[Miracle|divine intervention]], whose message could be interpreted by people with these associated spiritual powers. In the [[modern era]], various schools of [[psychology]] and [[neurobiology]] have offered theories about the meaning and purpose of dreams.