Encyclopedia - Sibyl: Encyclopedia - Sibyl
The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. The earlier oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Sibyl - The Number Of Sibyls
Like Heraclitus, Plato speaks of only one Sibyl, but in course of time the number increased to nine, with a tenth, the Tiburtine Sibyl, p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Sibyl - The Later Sibyls
The Sibyls were also represented in publicly available art. Michelangelo fixed our image of the sibyls forever, in his powerful represent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cimmerian Sibyl: Encyclopedia - Cimmerian Sibyl
The Cimmerian Sibyl, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy, near Lake Avernus (i.e. Cuma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl
The Cumaean Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony located near Naples, Italy. The word Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fortune-telling: Encyclopedia - Fortune-telling
Fortune-telling is the practice of seemingly predicting the future, usually of an individual, through seemingly mystical or supernatural ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibylline Oracles: Encyclopedia - Sibylline Oracles
The surviving Sibylline Oracles are not the famous Sibylline Books of Roman history, which were lost not once, but twice, and thus there ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sybil: Encyclopedia - Sybil
See also. Cybill Other related archives1973 book, 1976 movie, Benjamin Disraeli, Cybill, Louis Auchincloss, Reconstructivist, Sibyl,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Python Mythology: Encyclopedia - Python Mythology
In Greek mythology, Python was the oracular serpent of Delphi. It was the offspring of Gaia and the mud that was left over after the floo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delphi: Encyclopedia - Delphi
Delphi (Greek Δελφοί - Delphoi; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibylline Books: Encyclopedia - Sibylline Books
The Sibylline Books or Sibyllae were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, purchased from a sibyl by the semi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achates: Encyclopedia - Achates
In Roman mythology, Achates was a close friend of Aeneas. He accompanied him throughout his adventures, and led him to the Sibyl of Cumae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amerika: Encyclopedia - Amerika
Amerika can refer to a number of things: Amerika, a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1927. Amerika, Saxony, in Saxony, Germany. "Amerika"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lamia: Encyclopedia - Lamia
There are several different meanings of Lamia. Lamia, a city in Greece Lamia, a Greek mythological figure Lamiak (sing. lamia), a Basque...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wives Aboard The Ark: Encyclopedia - Wives Aboard The Ark
Although Genesis tells us next to nothing about the four women aboard the Ark, who had witnessed the days before the Flood, there exist s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden: Encyclopedia - Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) (born April 30, 1946), styled HM The King, is the King of Sweden. He is the only son of Prin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumaean Sibyl - The Cave At Cumae
The Sibyl was said to inhabit a cave with one hundred mouths, each of which had a voice [1] accessible by a still existing dromos. The ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumaean Sibyl - Medieval Christianity
In the Middle Ages, both the Cumaean Sibyl and Virgil were considered prophets of the birth of Christ, because the fourth of Virgil's Ecl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Five Sibyls
Five sibyls, characters from Greek mythology were depicted. Three of the sibylls are on one side (Libyan, Cumaean and Delphican) separate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Seven Prophets
Seven prophets from the Old Testament were depicted on the ceiling, with Zechariah on the entrance end, Jonah on the chapel end, Joel, Ez...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Corners
The corners or "Pendentives" show scenes which may relate to the people of Israel being saved, such as David slaying the Philistine Golia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Eight Triangular Areas
There are eight triangular areas or "webs" above the arched windows of the chapel, four on each side. They were painted with scenes: Bab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Nine Scenes From The Book Of Genesis
Michelangelo depicted nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Five of these are Creation stories. Closest to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delphi: Encyclopedia Ii - Delphi - Oracle
The first oracle at Delphi was commonly known as Sibyl or Pythia, though her name was Herophile. She sang her predictions, which she rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry I Of England - Early Life
Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. His mother, Queen Matilda of Flanders, named him a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry I Of England - First Marriage
On 11 November 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry I Of England - Legitimate Children
He had two children by Edith-Matilda, who died in 1118: Matilda, born February 1102, and William Adelin, born November 1103. Disaster...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry I Of England - Death And Legacy
Henry visited Normandy in 1135 to see his young grandsons, the children of Matilda and Geoffrey. He took great delight in his grandchildr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry I Of England - Conquest Of Normandy
In 1101, the following year, Robert Curthose attempted to seize the crown by invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry I Of England - Activities As A King
Henry's need for finance to consolidate his position led to an increase in the activities of centralized government. As king, Henry carri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1995 Pacific Typhoon Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 1995 Pacific Typhoon Season - Notable Storms
35 tropical cyclones formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 26 became tropical storms. 15 storms reached typhoon intensity, of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucius Tarquinius Superbus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - Reign
When king Tarquin was approached by the Cumaean Sibyl, she offered him nine books of prophecy at an exorbitant price. Tarquin refused abr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Waste Land: Encyclopedia Ii - The Waste Land - Structure
The poem is preceded by a Latin and Greek epigraph from The Satyricon of Petronius. In English, it reads: "I saw with my own eyes the Sib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William De Ferrers 5th Earl Of Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - William De Ferrers 5th Earl Of Derby - Family And Children
William Ferrers married Sibyl Marshal, one of the daughters and co-heirs of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. They had seven daughte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Mythology - Roman Mythology: Faunus
In Roman mythology, Pan's counterpart Faunus was known as the father of Bona Dea (Fauna, his feminine side) and Latinus by the nymph Mari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Poetry - Pre-islamic Poetry
The earliest works of Arabic literature are poems, with prose only used later. The distinction between the forms is particularly blurred ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joachim Of Fiore: Encyclopedia Ii - Joachim Of Fiore - Condemnation
Thomas Aquinas confuted his theories in his Summa Theologica, but in The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri placed him in paradise. Among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antichrist: Encyclopedia Ii - Antichrist - Origin And Meaning
The English word Antichrist is taken from the Greek αντίχριστος antíkhristos (modern Greek pronunciation andixristos), which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joachim Of Fiore: Encyclopedia Ii - Joachim Of Fiore - Condemnation
Thomas Aquinas confuted his theories in his Summa Theologica, but in The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri placed him in paradise. Among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Destiny: Encyclopedia Ii - Destiny - Divination Of Destiny
In most cultures, ones destiny can only be learned about through a shaman, prophet, sibyl or seer. In Shang dynasty China, turtle bones w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Crewe-milnes 1st Marquess Of Crewe: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Crewe-milnes 1st Marquess Of Crewe - Family
The son of Lord Houghton, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1880 he married Sibyl Marcia Graham, who died in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry I Of England - Illegitimate Children
King Henry is famed for holding the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1995 Pacific Typhoon Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 1995 Pacific Typhoon Season - 1995 Storm Names
Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. This was the last year the following names were u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heracles: Encyclopedia Ii - Heracles - Adulthood
He continued to perform feats such as slaying a lion that was preying on the local flocks and defending Thebes against a neighbouring arm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossolalia: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossolalia - Non-christian Glossolalia
Aside from Christians, certain religious groups also have been observed to practice some form of theopneustic glossolalia. Glossolalia is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duomo Di Siena: Encyclopedia Ii - Duomo Di Siena - Mosaic Floor
The inlaid marble mosaic floor is one of the most ornate of its kind in Italy, covering the whole floor of the cathedral. This undertakin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip K. Dick: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip K. Dick - Novels By Year
Philip K. Dick - Short stories. The short stories of Philip K. Dick have recently been republished in five omnibus volumes, as follows:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip K. Dick: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip K. Dick - Novels By Year
Philip K. Dick - Short stories. The short stories of Philip K. Dick have recently been republished in five omnibus volumes, as follows:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sibyl: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sibyl
Sibyl [from Greek sibylla probably from sios bylla Doric for dios boule she that tells the will of Zeus]   Often confused with th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sybil: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sybil
Sybil.   See SIBYL   (See also: Sybil , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Voluspa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Voluspa
Voluspa (Icelandic) [from volva, vala sibyl + spa see clairvoyantly]   The foremost lay of the poetic or Elder Edda, sung by the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vala, Volva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vala, Volva
Vala, Volva (Swedish, Icelandic) [possibly cognate with Greek sibylla]   In Norse mythology, the wise sibyl who instructs Allfath...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sibylline Oracles: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sibylline Oracles
Sibylline Oracles Early Christian ecclesiastical literature written in imitation of the archaic Sibylline Books, containing apparently...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ymir: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ymir
Ymir (Icelandic, Scandinavian) In the Norse creation tale, the primeval frostgiant from whose substance the worlds are formed by the a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amaltheia, Amalthea: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amaltheia, Amalthea
Amaltheia, Amalthea (Greek) In Greek mythology a nymph who cared for the infant Zeus when his mother Rhea concealed him in a cave in C...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oracle: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Oracle
Oracle A person through which otherworldly entities speak, similar to channeling. Classically the oracle goes into a trance. The word ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oracle: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Oracle
Oracle A person through which otherworldly entities speak, similar to channeling. Classically the oracle goes into a trance. The word ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gimli: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gimli
Gimli (Icelandic) (from gimill, himill, himin heaven)   In Norse mythology, a heavenly abode, where "gentle gods of the chos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divination: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Divination
Divination (from Latin divination a soothsayer from divus spiritual being, god)   The art of obtaining hidden knowledge by the ai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia - Nostradamus
Nostradamus, (December 14, 1503 – July 1, 1566) born Michel de Nostredame, is one of the world's most famous authors of prophecies. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dies Irae: Encyclopedia - Dies Irae
Dies Iræ ("Day of Wrath") is a famous Latin hymn written by Thomas of Celano. It is often judged to be the best medieval Latin poem, dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypse: Encyclopedia - Apocalypse
Apocalypse (Greek: αποκαλυψις, disclosure), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Poetry: Encyclopedia - Arabic Poetry
Arabic poetry is poetry composed and written down in the Arabic language either by Arab people or non-Arabs. Knowledge of poetry in Arabi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia - Hades
Hades (Greek: ᾍδης - Hadēs or Ἅιδης - Háidēs) ("unseen") means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campania: Encyclopedia - Campania
 - Ranked  - Density Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oracle: Encyclopedia - Oracle
An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion; an infallible authority, usually spiritua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion by Scottish anthropologist ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Hades: The Entity
In Greek mythology, Hades (the "unseen"), the god of the underworld, was a son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. He had three older sisters,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dies Irae: Encyclopedia Ii - Dies Irae - The Poem Itself
This English translation attempts to preserve the trochaic meter of the Latin for the first four stanzas, in a style appropriate for the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campania: Encyclopedia Ii - Campania - History
Campania was part of Magna Graecia, the Greek colonies of southern Italy; the first Greek colony was founded at Cumae, north of present d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phrygia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phrygia - History
Phrygia - Bronze Age migrations. After the collapse of the Hittite Empire at the beginning of the 12th century BC, the political vacuum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trojan War: Encyclopedia Ii - Trojan War - Background
Trojan War - Peleus and Thetis the apple and the judgment. See also Judgement of Paris. According to Greek mythology, Zeus became kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lamia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Lamia Mythology - External Link
Lamia in Bulgarian short stories and folk tales, is a mysterious creature with several heads, which can grow over and over again if cut, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joachim Of Fiore: Encyclopedia Ii - Joachim Of Fiore - Theory Of The Three Ages
The mystical basis of his teaching is his doctrine of the "Eternal Gospel," founded on aninterpretation of the text in Revelation xiv, 6....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypse: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalypse - Characteristic Features
Apocalyptic religious literature is regarded as a distinct branch of literature. This genre has several characteristic features. Apocaly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Bough - Subject Matter
The Golden Bough attempts to define what almost all primitive religions share with each other, and with modern religions such as Christia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Preparation And Methods Of Prophecy
Nostradamus claimed to base his predictions on judicial astrology – basically, the assessment of the 'astrological quality' of expected...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Misquotes And Hoaxes
Nostradamus enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history, including the French Revolution, the atom bom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Nostradamus In Popular Culture
Nostradamus - Television. The television series Alias prominently features the character Milo Rambaldi, a fictional Nostradamus-like pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trojan War: Encyclopedia Ii - Trojan War - Participants
Trojan War - Armies on the Greek side Achaeans. See Catalogue of Ships Abantes Arcadia Aetolia Athens and Salamis Argos and Tiryns Boe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phrygia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phrygia - Culture
The Mother Goddess as worshiped in Phrygia was Cybele. In her typical Phrygian form she wears a long belted dress, a polos, or high cylin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Skepticism
Skeptics of Nostradamus state that his reputation as a prophet is largely manufactured by modern-day supporters who shoehorn his words in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - His Works
The Prophecies - In this book he collected his major, long-term divinations. The first edition was published in 1555. The second, with 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trojan War: Encyclopedia Ii - Trojan War - The War
Trojan War - Telephus. When the Greeks left for the war, they accidentally stopped in Mysia, ruled by King Telephus. In the battle, Ach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nostradamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Nostradamus - Biography
Born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the south of France in December 1503, Michel de Nostredame was the son of a grain dealer who was also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phrygia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phrygia - Geography
Phrygians were mentioned by Homer as settled on the banks of the River Sangarius (now Sakarya, the second largest river in modern Turkey)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trojan War: Encyclopedia Ii - Trojan War - The Aftermath
The ghost of Achilles appeared to the survivors of the war, demanding Polyxena, the Trojan princess, be sacrificed before anybody could l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Bough - Reception
The book scandalized the public upon its first publication, because it included the Christian story of Jesus in its comparative study, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Poetry - Poetry Under Islam
These early poems were to some extent a threat to the newly emerging faith of Islam and if not actually suppressed, fell into disuse for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dies Irae: Encyclopedia Ii - Dies Irae - Other Versions
The inspiration of the hymn seems to have come from the Vulgate translation of Zephaniah I:15-16: Dies iræ, dies illa, dies tribulation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delphi: Encyclopedia Ii - Delphi - Apollo
The name Delphoi is connected with δελφός delphus "womb" and may indicate archaic veneration of an Earth Goddess at the site. Apoll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Poetry - Court Poets
Ghaylan ibn 'Uqbah, nicknamed Dhu al-Rummah, is usually regarded as the last of the bedouin poets. His works had continued the themes and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Poetry - Poetic Forms
Poetry in Arabic is traditionally grouped in a diwan or collection of poems. These can be arranged by poet, tribe, topic or the name of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dies Irae: Encyclopedia Ii - Dies Irae - Musical Settings
The words have often been set to music as part of the Requiem service, originally as a sombre Gregorian chant. It also forms part of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Hades: The Place
There were several sections of Hades, including the Elysian Fields (contrast the Christian Paradise or Heaven), and Tartarus, (compare th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Bough - Critical Analysis Of The Golden Bough
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein returned time and again to The Golden Bough, often enough that his commentaries have been compiled as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Other Usages
In Dungeons & Dragons, Hades is one of the seven lower planes of existence. More commonly referred to as the Gray Wastes, the plane i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Usages In The New Testament
The Greek New Testament uses hades several times, with various connotations of bodily decay and the power of death, none of them applicab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypse: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalypse - The End Of The World
In recent times the designation apocalyptic literature, or apocalyptic, has commonly been used to include all the various portions of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Poetry - Modern Poetry
The revival of Arabic poetry in the late 19th, early 20th century first displayed a neo-classical style. It consciously used the themes a...   » Read the article