oracles
Voices of gods
Oracles are sources of wisdom or prophecy.
In ancient Greece and Rome, oracles were sacred sites where priests or priestesses delivered divine messages, or the prophets themselves: the oracle at Delphi.
The term extends to authoritative pronouncements: pronouncements from the oracle of Wall Street.
In computing, Oracle is a major database software company.
One who envisions futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- predictionForecast of coming events
clairvoyance · premonition · prognostication · visionary · revelation · foresight · fortune-telling · augury
Greek prophetic sanctuary
- templeSacred worship structure
- shrineSacred devotional place
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- priestessFemale religious officiant
altar · ritual · pilgrimage · incense · offerings · deity · Apollo · tripod
Database manipulation language
- queryRequest for information
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- relationalConcerning connections between things
- tablesFlat-topped furniture pieces
commands · syntax · joins · schema · index · cursors · transactions · statements
seer
One who envisions futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
prediction · clairvoyance · premonition · prognostication · visionary · revelation · foresight · fortune-telling · augury · omen
Delphi
Greek prophetic sanctuary
priestess · altar · ritual · pilgrimage · incense · offerings · deity · Apollo · tripod · vapors
SQL
Database manipulation language
- queryRequest for information
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- relationalConcerning connections between things
tables · commands · syntax · joins · schema · index · cursors · transactions · statements
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- Legendary WomenPenelope, Cassandra, Clytemnestra, Andromeda, Atalanta
- Greek inscriptionsstelae, stele, epitaphs, dedications, decrees
- Greek ritualslibation, libations, animal sacrifice, blood sacrifice, votive offerings
- Classical AntiquityAncient Greece, Ancient Rome, Greeks, Romans, Roman Empire
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
oraclesfools
Idiots or deceives
ignoramuses · charlatans · frauds · know-nothings · false prophets
oraclesscientists
Systematic knowledge seekers
empiricists · researchers · analysts · statisticians · skeptics
- oracle cardsCards for spiritual guidance
- ancient oracle
- oracle of DelphiAncient Greek prophetic priestess
- oracle bone scriptShang dynasty writing system
- oracle bonesInscribed Shang divination remains
- oracle deckCards for spiritual insight