If a woman gives birth to a child without any mouth, the mistress of the house will die.
If a woman gives birth to a child with the right nostril lacking, misfortune is portending.
If a woman gives birth to a child with both nostrils lacking, the land will witness distress, and disease will destroy the house of the man.
If a woman gives birth to a child whose jaw is lacking, the days of the ruler will be long, but the house of the man will be destroyed.
If a woman gives birth to a child whose lower jaw is lacking, the ground will not bear fruit during the year.
It will be observed that, while most of the portents are evil, the ruler of the land is here generally vouchsafed immunity. The priests had to be somewhat on their guard lest by the very terror that they aroused, the hold of the rulers over the people might be loosened. Moreover, the rulers were sufficiently hedged in by their positions, as we have seen, and were in no danger of regarding themselves as safe from the anger of the gods.
Still quite frequently even the king is involved in the evil prophecy. The portion of the series dealing with portents derived from deformed hands and feet contains instances of this kind.
If a woman gives birth to a child with the right hand lacking, the land advances to destruction.
If a woman gives birth to a child with both hands lacking, the city will witness no more births, and the land will be utterly destroyed.
If a woman gives birth to a child with the fingers of the right hand lacking, the ruler will be captured by his enemy.