Just at nightfall the hen, crows and the chicks hide in its wings, the hen then roosts in the nest with the chicks under her protection, at the dawn the chicks come out and so does the hen. Just so, the mother symbolises the ego which collects all the thoughts and goes to sleep. At sunrise they emerge again. Thus when the ego displays itself it does so with all its components, when it sinks, everything disappears with it.
