In the Goetia, Orobas is a prince of Hell who grants sorcerers control over others, as well as knowledge of the past and future, and protects them from any other evil spirits, as well as slander and gossip. Orobas treats the sorcerers honestly as long as they humble themselves.
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Palmistry, or chiromancy, claims that lines and features of the hand reveal character or destiny. Its history stretches across cultures and centuries. Your future, according to this tradition, wasn't hidden among the stars. You were carrying the map around with you. #MythologyMonday

The Greeks and Romans sometimes treated thunder and lightning as messages requiring interpretation. Where lightning appeared and under what circumstances could carry meaning. When Zeus or Jupiter ruled the sky, a thunderstorm might also qualify as divine correspondence. #MythologyMonday

#MythologyMonday: `Queen #Medb of #Connacht seems to have been eager to get rid of the king of #Ulster. Before marching into his territory the consulted #druid prophesied that her son Maine would kill king #Conchobar. None of Medb`s 7 sons had that name, so […]

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#MythologyMonday: `Queen #Medb of #Connacht seems to have been eager to get rid of the king of #Ulster. Before marching into his territory the consulted #druid prophesied that her son Maine would kill king #Conchobar. None of Medb`s 7 sons had that name, so she renamed them all.`
Source: P.
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Some people will not hesitate to do a little grave desecration in order to divine the winning lottery numbers.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Another_Summoning

The Wild Hunt knows of future events, but asking them about such matters is risky.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Hunt_at_Surheim

Scrying involves gazing into a reflective surface in hopes of seeing visions. Crystal became famous, but mirrors, water, and polished objects could also be used. Apparently humanity has spent centuries staring intensely at shiny things and hoping the universe answers back. #MythologyMonday

#MythologyMonday: `On returning from her chief druid queen #Medb met Fedelm of Cruachan. When the queen of #Connacht, hoping for victory, asked what the future of the cattle raid would be, the druid Fedelm predicted, “I see crimson, I see red.” Her words […]

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#MythologyMonday: `On returning from her chief druid queen #Medb met Fedelm of Cruachan.
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Bibliomancy seeks answers by opening a book at random and interpreting the passage that appears. Sacred texts were often used, although the practice has taken different forms. Somewhere between reading and divination lies the belief that the right page might find you. #MythologyMonday

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Celtic tradition kept tasseography—reading fortunes in the leaves left at the bottom of the cup—as a quiet craft passed down by the hearth. The same kettles held older brews: nettle for protection, yarrow for healing.

The leaves settle. The pattern speaks.

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🪞🕯️ On Halloween night, Victorian fortune-seekers gazed into mirrors by candlelight, hoping to glimpse the face of a future husband.

But folklore offered a darker possibility: instead of a sweetheart, the mirror might reveal a skull, an omen of death. 💀

If you go to church at Midnight on Christmas Eve, you can divine who is going to die in the next year.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Headless_One

#MythologyMonday: `Queen #Medb went to her chief #druid and demanded of him what her own lot in the Tain Bó Cuilgne should be. But the druid said only: “Whoever comes back in safety, or comes not, thou thyself shalt come.”
Source: Dru Magus #Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“

#MythologyMonday: `Queen #Medb went to her chief #druid and demanded of him what her own lot in the Tain Bó Cuilgne should be. But the druid said only: “Whoever comes back in safety, or comes not, thou thyself shalt come.”
Source: Dru Magus #Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“

Those who are born with second sight can predict the deaths of people in the community.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Ember_Sunday_Children

Molybdomancy is an old form of divination using molten metal, often lead or tin, poured into water. The strange shapes it formed were interpreted for clues about the future. Fortune-telling apparently becomes considerably more dramatic when the crystal ball is boiling. #MythologyMonday

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The sorceress Ceridwen was the keeper of the Cauldron of Awen, source of all knowledge and inspiration.
Some scholars suggest her origins lie in an earlier pagan goddess of prophecy, although others attribute her perceived divine status to more modern neo-pagan practices.