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oracle
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thumb|upright=1.2|Consulting the Oracle by [[John William Waterhouse, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy]]
An oracle is a person or place believed to receive divine messages or prophecy, often consulted in ancient times for guidance on important matters. Oracles were significant in many cultures because people trusted them to reveal hidden truths about the future or the will of the gods.
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- Instance of
- sacred place
- Subclass of
- fortune teller
- Image
- John William Waterhouse - Consulting the Oracle - Christie's.jpg
- Patron saint
- Agabus
- Said to be same as
- fortune teller
- Field of occupation
- Greek divination
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- Commons category
- Oracles
- topic's main category
- Category:Oracles
- female form of label
- orakolino
- male form of label
- وسيط روحي، كاهن
- time period
- classical antiquity
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Description
- Origins
- In Greco-Roman culture
- Pythia at Delphi
- Sibyl at Cumae
- Oracle at Didyma
- Oracle at Dodona
- Oracle at Abae
- Other oracles
- In other cultures
- Caucasus
- Celtic polytheism
- China
- Egypt
- Hawaii
- India and Nepal
- Nigeria
- Norse mythology
- Pre-Columbian Americas
- Tibet
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Consulting the Oracle by [[John William Waterhouse, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy]]
An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through occultic means, it is a form of divination.
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