Thor, Loki, Hera & YHWH

I had a dream a few nights ago that I'm still puzzling out. I...don't quite know what to make of it. I think part of it is just stuff I've been thinking about, normal brain-putting-puzzle-pieces-together type stuff, but some of it was pretty wrapped up in something that has been bothering me for a while. I'd appreciate any feedback if anyone has an idea about what this or part of this could mean.

I dreamed I was at a friend's old house, but it had a basement. I was there with some people and dogs and it was raining outside. We were having a party, I think, but I needed to be alone and think so I went down into the basement.

Then I found myself on a ship in the middle of a storm, and Jane, Thor & Loki were there. I was hopelessly in love with Loki but didn't want to tell him because I'd heard stories about how unfaithful he was. I wanted to protect myself and wanted our love to be pure and everlasting. So I struggled up to the deck to speak to Thor.

"Thor, I need to talk to you," I shouted into the wind. Jane was somewhere else on the boat and Thor's face indicated that he thought I would be haranguing him about his relationship with Jane. "It's not about you and Jane," I reassured him. "It's about Loki."

I told him how I felt about his brother, but all Thor could say was that he wasn't sure if Loki wanted that kind of commitment and that I'd have to speak to him directly. Loki was belowdeck and I knew that I needed some more advice before taking this step. I decided to seek out Hera, Goddess of the Hearth.

I went to a cottage in the woods at night - I opened the door and stepped into the kitchen, where a fire was roaring. I imagined Hera there, a tall, slim golden-haired woman. I sank to my knees and asked Hera for help. At first, her image was pure fire, but then she became a short, stocky African woman who looked both tribal and modern. She had a gentle face.

I apologized for imagining her like myself. "No matter," she said, "You believed in me."

I told her about my troubles and she presented me with a thin golden chain with a bright shining golden object on it, like a charm. It looked a bit like a chess pawn. She showed me how to wrap it around a Corgi and she wrapped another around another Corgi and told me that they would run together so long as no one destroyed the gold pieces.

This wasn't what I wanted. I wanted something that could last forever. But not even Hera could promise me that. So I decided I would have to watch the necklaces and took them off the dogs. I had to spend a lot of time untangling the necklaces, but at last I got them undone. Then I held the necklaces in my hands, hiding the shining light from everyone.

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Isn't that a strange dream?

I don't feel like I was actually visited by Hera. And Thor and Loki were definitely Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston's interpretations. But I feel like sometimes God uses imagery in dreams to help me figure something out.

Maybe I need God to be Mother for a while.