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An oracle is a person or place believed to receive divine messages or prophecy, often consulted in ancient times for guidance on important matters. Oracles were significant in many cultures because people trusted them to reveal hidden truths about the future or the will of the gods.
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- Description
- Origins
- In Greco-Roman culture
- Pythia at Delphi
- Sibyl at Cumae
- Oracle at Didyma
- Oracle at Dodona
- Oracle at Abae
- Other oracles
- In other cultures
- Caucasus
- Celtic polytheism
- China
- Egypt
- Hawaii
- India and Nepal
- Nigeria
- Norse mythology
- Pre-Columbian Americas
- Tibet
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Consulting the Oracle by [[John William Waterhouse, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy]]
An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through occultic means, it is a form of divination.