Atharva Veda: VIII. Charms In Expiation of Sin and Defilement: VII, 64. Expiation when one is defiled by a black bird of omen
1. What this black bird flying forth towards (me) has dropped here--may the waters protect me from all that misfortune and evil!
2. What this black bird has brushed here with thy mouth, O Nirtiti (goddess of misfortune)-may Agni Gârhapatya (the god of the household fire) free me from this sin!