Yesterday morning I woke up after having dreamed of tortoises. In the dream I was at the chateau, though it looked different and we were talking amiably about something. Next we went to look out of a large window and below there was a small stream from where 4 giant tortoises were appearing. They seemed to be swimming upstream.
I am not aware of having dreamed of tortoises before. While talking to my wife about it, she mentioned the book "Momo" where a friendly tortoise called Cassiopaea comes to the rescue. There is a thread about the book here
Anyway, it was a nice dream to wake up from.
Your dream reminded me of the Turtle in Native American Mythology, stuck me in one sense, that this could originate in the depths of history, namely originating from the landmass called Pangaea, just my thought.
Turtle Island is a name for the
Earth[1] or for
North America, used by some
Indigenous Peoples in the United States and
First Nations people and by some
Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a common North American Indigenous
creation story.
According to
Iroquois oral tradition, "the earth was the thought of [a ruler] of a great island which floats in space [and] is a place of eternal peace."
[3] Sky Woman fell down to the earth when it was covered with water, or more specifically, when there was a "great cloud sea".
[1] Various animals tried to swim to the bottom of the ocean to bring back dirt to create land. Muskrat succeeded in gathering dirt,
[1] which was placed on the back of a
turtle. This dirt began to multiply and also caused the turtle to grow bigger. The turtle continued to grow bigger and bigger and the dirt continued to multiply until it became a huge expanse of land.
[1][4][5] Thus, when Iroquois cultures refer to the earth, they often call it
Turtle Island.
[5]
According to Converse and Parker, the Iroquois faith shared with
Hinduism and other religions the "belief that the earth is supported by a gigantic turtle"
[1] In the
Seneca language, the mythical turtle is called
Hah-nu-nah,
[1] while the name for an everyday turtle is
ha-no-wa.
[6]
Turtle Island (Native American folklore) - Wikipedia
Could your dream indicate your desire to create a new world, the tortoises were swimming upstream, could this also indicate challenges to achieve that goal, it left you feeling it was a pleasant dream, so a good sign. Just my thought FWIW.