Bowing to someone in a dream represents respect with acknowledgement of one’s defeat. If you bow before an elder, leader or loved one, your dream points to your deep, true respect to the person in waking life. If you are bowing unhappily means you are bowing in defeat without much respect. To recognize the person who you are bowing to in your dream means you have good relation with the person. Dreaming of bowing to an unrecognizable person means your ego has been dented giving you a loss of confidence.