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An '''oracle''' is a person or thing considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through [[occult]]ic means, it is a form of [[divination]]. | An '''oracle''' is a person or thing considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through [[occult]]ic means, it is a form of [[divination]]. | ||
The | The [[Oracle of Amun|Oracle of Zeus Ammon at Siwa Oasis]] was so famous that Alexander the Great visited it when he conquered Egypt to ask if he was the son of Zeus. | ||
==Oracles in Antiquity== | ==Oracles in Antiquity== | ||