I usually find that my dreams are less criptic than that. I often had dreams that I would go places underdressed (I always attributed being underdressed with what I wore to bed that night) or that I was driving a car (I was always driving and other people were in the car, but I never arrived at my destination. (I'm guessing it was because I was unsure of an outcome that I was hoping for. I have had dreams not of people (or animals) who were dead but were suddenly alive. Often these beings would give me advice on something that I was questioning.