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To the Egyptians, sleep allowed a person to communicate with the gods and the dead. The information that those in the afterlife could impart to the living was considered to be invaluable. The following list is from a Middle Kingdom (circa 1980-1630 B.C.E.) dream book.
| Auspicious Dreams | Meaning |
| Sitting in a Garden in the Sun | Pleasure |
| Eating Excrement | Consuming One's Property |
| Mating with a Cow | Happy Day at Home |
| Eating Crocodile Meat | Becoming an Official |
| Offering Water | Prosperity |
| Drowning in a River | Purification from Every Evil |
| Seeing the Moon Shining | Pardon from a God |
| Veiling Oneself | Enemies are Fleeing |
| Sawing Wood | Enemies are Dead |
| Cultivating Vegetables | Finding Victuals |
| Inauspicious Dreams | Meaning |
| Being Seized by One's Lower Leg | The Dead are Reporting on You |
| Seeing Oneself in a Mirror | Another Wife |
| Eating Hot Meat | Not Being Found Innocent |
| Shod with White Sandals... |
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