Sleeping Viper in dreams

A viper in a dream is the dream's image of a danger that does not display, that is waiting where it is hard to see. Vipers bite the foot or the hand that arrives without looking; the harm is in the inattention as much as in the snake. The dream brings the viper when something in your ordinary path — a habit, a relationship, a small route you use every day — is hiding a real threat. A viper noticed before it strikes is the dream telling you the attention you just paid was the right attention. A viper striking from cover is the dream marking that you have been walking the same way without looking, and the bite was waiting.