Evil dream
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bad dream · evil dream · evil dreaming · ill-dreaming · the dream
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
Having bound him in the noose of ill-fortune and entangled him with evil dreams, I place him within the gaping mouth of Death.
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Recurring concern with evil/ill dreams, which are ritually transferred onto a hated rival.
Whoever hates us and whomever we hate — upon that one I let loose the evil dream.
O divine Sun, whoever stands between you and me today — onto him we wipe away all evil dreams and all misfortunes.
The trembling of the eye, the evil dream, the affliction that injures men — that, O Aśvins, you two, release from us onto the unloved one.