Somnivexillology

Flags I have seen in my dreams. I remember a lot of my dreams but I usually don't write them down. I like flags, and there is an entire community dedicated to dream flags on reddit, so that's why I document them.


Flag associated with ISIL - 30.12.2023

Dream: I was working for some sort of agency. I was sorting through social media profiles and flagging ones that were likely connected to ISIL members. This flag was on one of the profiles. I tried to ask some some sort of supervisor about one of the rules for detecting profiles, but then I realised I suddenly cannot read and woke up.

Analysis: I was reading about women who went to join ISIL on Wikipedia before I went to bed. So that is a pretty clear connection. I usually can read in dreams so it is strange I couldn't here. The pan-Arab colors and crescents are very obvious Arab Muslim symbols. Frankly I am surprised that this is not a flag of somewhere already. It is probably mostly inspired by the flag of Syria. Especially the old flag of Syria which had three stars on it. The black is hard to see on this black background so I added some grey padding around.


Flag on a mountain - 27.11.2023

Dream: This was one of those dreams that just flashes through your head and is not like a full experience. I was with a girl I have a crush on on a mountain that I remember. I think it was in the Alps near Schladming. It was summer. This flag was planted on the mountain peak. I pointed out to the girl that it is the head of the dragon from the flag of Wales. But then I realized I wasn't really there and was just watching a video. I had a different unrelated half-dream after that.

Analysis: I think I have flag dreams so close after previous flag dreams because I keep reminding myself to update this page so I am thinking about flags more. I feel like the flag of Wales is just one of those flags that lives rent-free in almost every flag enthusiasts head. I don't think the rest has any significance except for the very transparent crush stuff.


Flag of Sweden? - 3.11.2023

Dream: I was on campus and met Anna (acquintance). She was waiting for her friend, who was Robbie Cavetown, but his name was Eli in the dream. They invited me to a party they were having. We started going towards student accomodations. I asked where the party was so that I could get public transport back home so that I could go to class the next day. 'Eli' told me it was in his other house. I put in the location of the house to my transport app, and it showed this flag, so I knew it was in Sweden. We then came to a pier and swam a small distance to house. This was Anna's house. We climbed onto the house's porch. I told 'Eli' That me and my sister were huge fans of his work (this is not true, my sister does not like Cavetown).

Analysis: I had to sort a huge bag of pride pins that day. So I mean I looked at a lot rainbow flags. I was also at a location where I saw Cavetown last year. When I first met Anna she was with another person who is from Sweden. Sweden being gay is common joke in polandball.


Unknown flag - May 2023

Dream: I don't remember any context for this, and I am not sure if there wasn't any, or if I just forgot it. I had a dream before seeing this flag about going to a MCR concert at an abandoned hockey arena and eating a digusting raw chicken tofu sandwich thing but that was not related to this flag at all.

Analysis: This flag really gives me tech company vibes for some reason. It's kind of like the Discord colors? And the arrow gives me shitty minimal logo. I don't know. I literally have no context. I started editing this form the Puerto Rico flag but the chevron on that is actually suprisingly long and pointy.

A flag with alternating black and violet stripes. It has a black chevron with a blue upward pointing arrow in it.

Flag of an Indian cult-like religion/political party – December 2022

Dream: This was the flag of an Indian religious group / political party, which I remember thinking was similar to the Unification Church and their activities in Japan. This group was mainly active in some area in west India. There was a famous Indian actress associated with it.

Analysis: I had this dream during exams and it was a while before I could draw this flag or even write it down, so it's kind of hazy. I am not sure 100% about the flag's colours. I am sure about the main shapes though.

Also the thing on the left is supposed to be a river. I could not get it to look right, so I just left it like this.

The Unification Church was spoken about a lot recently after the assassination of Abe Shinzo, so that's what they were the connection.

I am actually very ignorant of Indian politics aside from like, knowing Modi exists.

A dark green flag with a narrow blue stripe at the top. In the green area there is a meandering light blue river on the left and a light blue silhouette of an elephant above a twelve pointed star on the right.

Flag of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine – July 2022

Dream: I was for some reason arguing with my mum about if Sergei Lukyanenko (the author of the Night Watch book series, which I liked when I read it a few years back) supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine (he massively does irl btw). My mum said he doesn't, and I was starting to doubt myself. So I teleported to his house and saw this flag, which proved Lukyanenko supports the invasion.

Analysis: I had this dream a day after the last one. The dream flags are getting more frequent. Probably because I sleep longer during the holidays and so dreams are more frequent in general? Not sure.

Yet another Russian Invasion related dream. I don't think about it that much during the day tbh. The Lukyanenko aspect of the dream is from me owning 2 of his other books and considering reading them. The argument was inspired by the fact that I accidentally lied about an incident of Václav Havel being sexist to my friend and I feel guilty about it.

Design wise, it is clearly influenced by ideology flags like the ancap one. It is strange that the diagonal is reversed, because otherwise it would be more similar to the Z symbolizing the Russian invasion. The Z with a line over is also kind of inspired by the logo of the Czech Railway Managment, by whose building I pass often. The bright magenta is a colour I was recently using as a contrast while drawing.

A flag split diagonally from top left to bottom right. The left part is bright pink. The right part is sky blue. There is an orange Z with a line over it in the top right corner.

Flag of an extremist youth ecological movement – July 2022

Dream: There was a news broadcast saying something about "disaffected youth" and "resorting to violence" and "climate extinction". It showed this flag being flown in a riot, possibly on Václavské náměstí.

Analysis: Another extremist youth ideology protest dream. Not sure why. The climate aspect may be influenced by seeing Extinction Rebellion posters when walking outside, although those have been up for like years at this point. And of course the heat wave earlier this month.

I am not sure of the amount / position of the black squares in the center. Also the colours of everything were really hard to pin down.

A brown flag with 7 black horizontal stripes and a tie-dye pattern. There is a black circle with a grid pattern of black squares in it in the center of the flag.

Flags of a future German-Russian coalition and "Separate France" – May 2022

Dream: I was learning about a war that happened in Europe in the late 21st century. Russia and Germany became allies and their "union" used the first blue and white flag. Together they attacked North Europe and then attacked France. But there was a revolution in France and it became "Separate France" (second flag). This was supported by the USA, who sent their army to help France. But I am not sure how the war ended.

A white flag with three narrow blue stripes in the middle.
A red flag with a thicker diagonal and a thinner regular blue cross. There is a large red diamond in the middle over them. In the middle of this diamond is a light yellow eight pointed star.

Evil Flag – November 2021

Dream: I saw this flag at a protest on Václavské square. It belonged to some sort of evil ideology. Possibly associated with school shootings?

A black and white diagonal cross on a red field. In the middle bottom there is a black upside down T or maybe an upturned nail or a witch hat.

Flag from Polandball comic – August 2021

Dream: This flag was in a polandball comic. I don't really remember the comic but I think it was talking to Canada, and that this country was a former colony of some country (Britain?).

A red cross on a white field. There is a white circle in the middle and two yellow pyramids in the bottom left quadrants.

Flag the Japanese-Mongol Empire – April 2021

Dream: I saw this flag in a youtube video. It was explaining history but I don't really remember much. I guess it's a timeline where the Mongols successfully conquered Japan? And then it's muslim for some reason? Also the weird shape was really indistinct and possibly moving in the dream. I tried recreating in with Artbreeder.

Flag with three horizontal stripes: green, light blue and red. The light blue stripe is significantly wider. In the light blue part there is a white crescent moon and star, and behind it a mysterious reddish and greenish round object that resembles a rotten tomato slice or a rotten piece of ham.

Cursed German Flag – March 2021

Dream: I was on a train in Germany and then saw this flag on my phone and woke up. It is the flag of a German city where something bad happened. I think that the color of the bottom stripe is somehow significant.

A flag with three horizontal stripes: off-white, orange and burgundy. In the top stripe, which is wider, there is a yellow angry sun with orange eyes.

EU clones flag – Jan 2021

Dream: It was revealed that the European Union created female genetically modified clones. Notable people exposed as clones were Theresa May, Judit Polgár, and possibly even Angela Merkel. I found out that I was also a clone, but a failed one, and had my genetic sequence leaked online.

This was a flag created by the clones. I'm not sure what the roman numerals on it were.

A flag with four horizontal stripes: white, green, red and yellow. The middle two are narrower. In each stripe about a third to the left there is a circle with an orange border. In the circle there are in order: roman numeral III., hope symbol from homestuck, VIIII., XIV.

Isolated fantasy country flag – June 2020

Dream: I was reading a fantasy book but then I got transported to the world it was set in. The country this flag belongs to was in the middle of a large continent and was surrounded by a magical wall that didn't let any foreginers in. In the book this country suddenly decided to conquer the world after centuries of isolation. Everyone in this country wore clothes similar to hanboks and large box shaped hats, sometimes decorated with this flag. They were also very powerful mages and the first country to invent photography in this world. For some reason this country was constantly compared to imperial Japan. There was an alternative version of the flag that had the Mojang logo on it, and another alternate version whre the colours were switched.

A weird purple colored symbol on a gross gold colored field. The symbol looks kind of like an upside doown Q with a comma on the upper left.

New nonbinary flag – April 2020

Dream: My friend who is nonbinary posted this flag on social media (that was like a combination of tumblr and facebook) along with an explanation of how the regular nb flag is problematic.

Flag with four horizontal stripes: violet, yellow, white and dark blue.