sibyl

Ancient world prophetess

A sibyl is a woman believed to have prophetic powers, especially one of the oracular priestesses of ancient Greece and Rome who delivered divine messages.

The word now applies to any female prophet or fortune-teller: The old sibyl read her palm and foretold disaster.

It can be used figuratively for any woman who seems to possess uncanny insight or foresight. (Capitalized Sibyl is a given name.)

seer

prophetess

Woman who foretells events

clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
soothsayerOne who predicts futures
fortune-tellerPredictor of personal fate

seeress · diviner · augur · medium · channeler · visionary · prescient · foreknowledge · foresight · intuition

prophecy

oracle

Authoritative wisdom source

foretellingAnnouncing future events
divinationForetelling through mystical means
auguryOmen interpretation practice

omens · portents · presage · revelation · prognostication · utterance · pronouncement · riddle · enigma · cryptic

ancient

Delphi

Greek prophetic sanctuary

priestessFemale religious officiant
oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
templeSacred worship structure

Apollo · antiquity · classical · Greece · Rome · paganism · mythology · shrine · sanctuary · tripod

literary

Virgil

Classical epic poet

AeneidRoman founding epic
MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
SistinePapal chapel adjective

books · scrolls · nine · burning · wisdom · guidance · underworld · descent

sibyl

prophetess

oracle

Delphi

Virgil

sibyl

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