What does it mean to dream about turkey?
A turkey often points to abundance and gathering, or to display and foolishness, depending on the part it plays.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud might read the strutting turkey as a comic display of self-importance, a wish to be admired that risks looking foolish. The feast it suggests could picture appetite and plenty. He would ask your own associations.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
For Jung the turkey can image the instinct toward gathering and shared bounty, sometimes shaded by vanity. It often appears around themes of feast, family, and belonging.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
In continuity terms a turkey may echo a recent gathering, holiday, or shared meal. The dream often mirrors feelings about abundance, family, and being part of a table.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
In its native land the turkey was a bird of plenty and ceremony, later bound up with feasts of thanksgiving. Folklore made it both a symbol of harvest and a byword for foolish pride.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Brewer).