warding off evil; protecting against misfortune
the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year
calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
escape from evil; exorcism
calamity; evil; misfortune
critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
the year following an inauspicious year
to exorcise; to escape evil
the year before the unlucky year
victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year