Lately in my dreams I have been carrying around a bow and a quiver of arrows. I'm just walking around town with this bow and arrow get-up and nobody thinks its odd or even seems to notice. My dreams are all different but the bow and quiver are always there. Any ideas?

Could they represent a need to defend yourself from something?

I guess so. But my dreams haven't been very hostile lately. Though I was running from something up a spiral staircase the other night, and I had my bow. Idk

It seems more like having a weapon to protect you just in case.