Evil dream
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bad dream · evil dream · evil dreaming · ill-dreaming · the dream
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
From [the power of] non-being and of evil being, I expel evil dreaming.
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Recurring concern with evil/ill dreams, which are ritually transferred onto a hated rival.
Drive away the evil dream;
I turn away from ill-dreaming, from evil dream, from misfortune.
Whoever hates us and whomever we hate — upon that one I let loose the evil dream.