The scene in that movie was an eye wink to Elizabeth Bathory also known as the Blood Countess, who believed that the blood of a virgin would maintain her youth if she bathed in it.
As for dreams themselves, I’m very unconvinced that they mean anything, but I could be wrong.
Nevertheless, dreams interest me, and so what they could mean, if anything.
There’s gotta be something about images in dreams, and the emotions you feel at the time. I myself believe it to be a subconscious reflection of one’s emotional condition and environment at any given time, but it doesn’t necessarily mean anything.
(For example it doesn’t mean you’re a maniac, or have murderous tendencies, or hold some sorta animosity towards goats.)
Another interesting thing is that throughout humanity, along with the human skull, human blood, as essentially being the closest physical manifestation of life besides living itself, is an extremely powerful symbol.
It’s to be noted that it’s also closely related to death, because long before we had medical science and understanding, we knew that loosing blood is never good. Death has always been a strong subject for everyone, for evident reasons.
It spawned a whole lot of different things everywhere, the vampire myth, cannibal practices, was used in rituals, and the list goes on. I mean just look at Christianity; the blood is the life.
Now this applies to human blood, but animal blood itself was often used in similar fashions. Used as body paint by tribes of all sorts, animals were often sacrificed to gods long before Christianity was anything, and yes, even Christianity has it history with animal death. (The purposes differ, but the concept which spawns the belief is often much the same.)
Very often these things are/were portrayed by a bloodletting, or through symbolism thereof, like drinking wine in church.
Goats also harcken back to witchcraft, but it’s also important to note that many animals were symbolic to Medieval beliefs in witchcraft, such as cats, dogs ravens and owls. I’m not entirely sure of the significance behind these, only that apparently, the Devil came in these shapes to visit his disciples. In modern witchcraft, these animals may represent the deities belonging to their pantheons. Many Pagan beliefs revolved around nature itself, so much like the Indians, it wasn’t uncommon to picture forces as animals, and most deities given human shape always walked with some animal or another.
So another good thing to look into for your dream I think is animal symbolism, and even though most of that symbolism is fallacy when compared to what the actual animal is (Wolves are cowards for example, and they live in packs, they’re not strong solitary wise men.) it’s always been important in cultures, and cultures often influence thoughts and mentalities, even in modern times.
However death is symbolic everywhere, and always was. I don’t know if any of this helps out, I mean you’d probably have to do a lot of self seeking to discover a reasonable meaning to a 16 year old dream, or maybe some psychological insight would help sort it out.
There’s also the eroticism you mentioned, which I really can’t place. As weird as it may sound, the dream may have signified that you were happy and had a love of life. (Being enticed by a dying goat; I think dreams, if they have meanings, can be pretty twisted about it; in any case, it’s prolly not as simple as most people think.)
But I could totally be wrong too, or maybe it means nothing at all.
What is described in the dream is very universally symbolic, so it’s hard to pinpoint anything specific, especially since I wasn’t having said dream.
(I’m of the mind that really, the only person who may interpret their dreams is the person themselves.)
It’s also interesting to note though, that one theory about dreams is that we all have meanings we see in them that is a result of symbolism throughout literally centuries…for example, dreaming of the Sun means spirituality, while dreaming of a spider is your own personal stance on spirituality. I’d be hard pressed to actually know what most of it is though, if it’s ever even been classified. May be worth thinking about though.
Don’t be fooled by the scene in the movie though, as was pointed out, this was a reference to a sixteenth/seventeenth century historical figure. It’s been done in entertainment and books many times before.
That your dream was similar is still striking however, but I wouldn’t automatically consider it something bad, no matter how it felt.
(But then most of my dreams involve me murdering people, so maybe I’m just tryna justify myself. XD)
Anyways, I won’t find your meaning for you, but if dreams are about something, it’s symbolism, so I hope this gives some leads and ain’t too confusing.
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