Omen
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"From the earliest period it has been considered a bird of ill-omen, and Pliny tells us how, on one occasion, even Rome itself underwent a lustration, because one of them strayed into the Capitol." --Folk-lore of Shakespeare (1883) by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer |
Related e |
Featured: |
An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change.
Interpretation of omens and prophetic signs is a form of divination.
Omens may be considered "good" or "bad", but the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "ominous".
[edit]
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Omen" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.