Gazing into the future can summon great misfortune.
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@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyGazing into the future can summon great misfortune.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Crystal_Gazing
@crystalponti.bsky.socialThe Greek prophetess Cassandra could see the future perfectly, but Apollo cursed her so no one would believe her warnings. She foresaw the fall of Troy and could do nothing to stop it. Knowing the future may be its own curse when nobody listens. #MythologyMonday
@godysseypodcast.comContrary to popular belief tarot began its life as a set of cards meant for playing games. It was not until the 18th century that tarot became a divination tool. Like most decks it has four suits (the minor Arcana) but adds 22 additional cards (the major Arcana) #MythologyMonday
@godysseypodcast.comRoman augurs would watch flocks of birds for movement, direction, shape of flock, and types of birds involved: this divination was called augury, and interpretation taking auspices. The location of Rome's founding was based on Romulus using augury. #MythologyMonday
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@godysseypodcast.comCompasses are ancient, a Chinese invention used first in divination before navigation, as it always seemed to point in certain directions, and directions are sacred to the divinations of the I Ching: thus, all compasses are themselves iron magic. #MythologyMonday
@godysseypodcast.comPuritan divination methods in Massachusetts included divining the face of your future husband. To do this, pray to God while putting an egg yolk in water; break it up and let it spin by way of spoon, and within, God will reveal your future love. Puritan magic! #MythologyMonday
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyDivining the future is dangerous, for Death might wait for you - sooner than you think.
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@crystalponti.bsky.socialAncient Romans practiced augury, reading divine signs in the behavior of birds. Where they flew, what species appeared and even how they fed could matter. Before making an important decision, sometimes Rome literally waited to see what the birds thought. #MythologyMonday
@bob-the-curious.bsky.socialA papyrus dating back to Ramesses II turned out to be a book of dream interpretation - e.g. it claims that if a man dreams of his bed catching fire (a bad omen) it means he will drive away his wife!
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@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gySaint Andrew's Night is another popular time for divining your future lover.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Night
@crystalponti.bsky.socialThe Oracle of Delphi delivered prophecies while seated in Apollo's sanctuary. Her words could be famously cryptic. Kings consulted her before wars, colonies and major decisions, only to discover that knowing the future isn't terribly useful when the gods speak in riddles. #MythologyMonday
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyThe best way of finding your future lover is to get naked on Christmas Night.
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@pj-richards.bsky.social🌿🐲🌿The Green Dragon - by Arthur Rackham.
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@lorraineelizab6.bsky.socialOne day after being ridiculed by her brother (?) Bacene for refusing suitors and her ugliness, St Brigid prophesied: ‘Soon your two eyes will burst in your head.’ It all happened as she said. Later, Brigid’s eye that she had damaged to look bad was miraculously healed. #medievalsky #MythologyMonday
@sarahnour.bsky.socialLaocoön, a Trojan seer and prophet of Apollo, warns his people not to accept a giant wooden horse from their Greek enemies during wartime. Because the gods favor the Greeks, they punish Laocoön for this warning by sending two sea serpents to crush him and his sons to death. #MythologyMonday
@sarahnour.bsky.socialIn Arthurian legend, the wizard Merlin predicts that a recently-born child will grow up to kill King Arthur. So Arthur gathers all newborn babies in the kingdom, places them on a boat, then sinks the boat, drowning them. One child, Mordred, survives and kills Arthur. #MythologyMonday
@sarahnour.bsky.socialThe Eddic poem Baldrs Draumar, or Baldr's Dreams, is about Norse god Baldr having dreams of his impending death. To investigate, his father Odin rides his horse into the afterlife, where he resurrects a prophetess to question her. She confirms Baldr's fate. #MythologyMonday
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