The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript notes made by W.G. Archer between 1946 & 1948, and miscellaneous papers and letters

caption: interpretation of dreams (Konyak)
medium: notes
person: Chingai
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Punkhung
production:
person: Archer/ W.G.
date: 1946-1948
refnum: 7:8
text: Dreams. Punkhung (Chingai) Konyak.
text: If before a hunt you dream of intercourse, it means you will get an animal.
text: If you dream that a leach bites you and drains blood, you will get an animal.
text: If you dream of a pregnant woman, you will get nothing.
text: During the time for cutting trees and burning them for the fields, if you dream of digging out earth, you will get much rice, or if you dream of fishing with a net and you get many fish, you will get much rice.
text: If you dream of being bitten by a snake, you will get involved in a case and be heavily fined.
text: If you dream of crossing a river on the way to your village, all will be well.
text: If you dream of crossing a river while going from the village, someone in your family will die.
text: If you dream of drinking rice beer, you will get fever.
text: If you dream of a dao or sword, your first child will be a son.
text: If you dream of a woman's necklace or cloth, your first child will be a girl.
text: If you dream of a tiger, you will get much rice.
text: If you dream of an elephant, your fields will be full of weeds.
text: If you dream that a tiger is chasing you, you will fall ill.
text: If you dream of a hornbill, you will have a beautiful daughter born to you.
text: If you dream of killing a monkey, you will see a dead man.