Passing the staff

What is the symbolism in passing the staff onto someone else?

My mother received a staff in dream from my great grandmother who has been deceased for over 10 years now. She says that my great grandma leads people somewhere.

When my mom awoke, her hand was up in the air as if she was holding the staff (which is strange because she wouldn't have been able to do that in sleep).

What could this mean?

A lot of peculiar and symbolic things can happen during dreaming.

The key question here would be 'what does it mean to your mother?' as symbolism is often person specific.

The most basic meaning would be that the staff represents authority being passed from one person to another.

You might like to google some dream interpretation on this.

robert