For a woman to dream that a dead snake is biting her, foretells shewill suffer from malice of a pretended friend.To dream of snakes, is a foreboding of evil in its various forms and stages.To see them wriggling and falling over others, foretells struggleswith fortune and remorse.To kill them, you will feel that you have used every opportunityof advancing your own interests, or respecting that of others.You will enjoy victory over enemies.To walk over them, you will live in constant fear of sickness, and selfishpersons will seek to usurp your place in your companion's life.If they bite you, you will succumb to evil influences, and enemieswill injure your business.To dream that a common spotted snake approaches you from green herbs,and you quickly step aside as it passes you, and after you had forgottenthe incident to again see it approaching and growing in dimensionsas it nears you, finally taking on the form of an enormous serpent;if you then, after frantic efforts, succeed in escaping its attack,and altogether lose sight of it, it foretells that you will soonimagine you are being disobeyed and slighted, and things will go onfrom bad to worse. Sickness, uneasiness and unkindness will increaseto frightful proportions in your mind; but they will adjust themselvesto a normal basis, and by the putting aside of imaginary trouble,and masterfully shouldering duties, you will be contented and repaid.To dream that a snake coils itself around you and darts its tongue out at you,is a sign that you will be placed in a position where you will be powerlessin the hands of enemies, and you will be attacked with sickness.To handle them, you will use strategy to aid in overthrowing opposition.To see hairs turn into snakes, foretells that seeming insignificantincidents will make distressing cares for you.If snakes turn into unnatural shapes, you will have troubles which willbe dispelled if treated with indifference, calmness and will power.To see or step on snakes while wading or bathing, denotes that therewill be trouble where unalloyed pleasure was anticipated.To see them bite others, foretells that some friend will be injuredand criticised by you.To see little snakes, denotes you will entertain personswith friendly hospitality who will secretly defame you and workto overthrow your growing prospects.To see children playing with them, is a sign that you will benonplussed to distinguish your friends from your enemies.For a woman to think a child places one on the back of her head,and she hears the snake's hisses, foretells that she will bepersuaded to yield up some possession seemingly for her good,but she will find out later that she has been inveigledinto an intrigue in which enemies will tantalize her.To see snakes raising up their heads in a path just behindyour friend, denotes that you will discover a conspiracywhich has been formed to injure your friend and also yourself.To think your friend has them under control, denotes thatsome powerful agency will be employed in your favor to wardoff evil influences.For a woman to hypnotize a snake, denotes your rights will be assailed,but you will be protected by law and influential friends.[210] See Serpents and Reptiles.
