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Sign in to savethumb|Examples of omens from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493): natural phenomena and unnatural births. thumb|Manuscript of the mid-nineteenth century, possibly of S'gaw Karen people|Sgaw Karen origin, shows various appearances in the sun, the moon, clouds, etc., and indicates the primarily bad omens these appearances foretell. Explanations in English were added to this manuscript by a nineteenth-century American missionary.
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thumb|Examples of omens from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493): natural phenomena and unnatural births. thumb|Manuscript of the mid-nineteenth century, possibly of S'gaw Karen people|Sgaw Karen origin, shows various appearances in the sun, the moon, clouds, etc., and indicates the primarily bad omens these appearances foretell. Explanations in English were added to this manuscript by a nineteenth-century American missionary.
An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient history, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages from the gods.