Prophecy

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

― Sybil Trelawny's first prophecy (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

"When single shines the triple sun,

What was sundered and undone,

Shall be whole, the two made one,

By Gelfling hand, or else by none."

― Dark Crystal prophecy (The Dark Crystal)

"The gem was born of evil's fire,

The gem shall be his portal.

He comes to claim, he comes to sire,

The end of all things mortal."

― Trigon prophecy (Teen Titans)

"In 18 years precisely,

The planets will align ever so nicely.

The time to act will be at hand,

Unleash the Titans, your monstrous band.

Then the once-proud Zeus will finally fall,

And you, Hades, will rule all!

A word of caution to this tale,

Should Hercules fight, you will fail."

― The Fates' prophecy to Hades about the Titans and Hercules (Hercules)

The power to receive prophecies through visions and information from higher powers. Sub-power of Psionics and Divine Conduit. Techniques of Divine Assistance and Theurgy. Possessed by Magicians, Oracles, Prophets and Shamans. Not to be confused with just Divine Sight, Precognition, Prophet or Prophecy Construction.

Also Called[]

Divine Information/Visions
Foretelling
Holy/Sacred Information/Visions
Prediction/Prophetic Prediction
Prognostication
Prophecies
Sight via Higher Source
The Gift

Capabilities[]

The user possesses the power of prophecy; the psychic power to receive prophecies through visions and information that can take the form of messages from higher powers, such as cosmic or divine entities, with most those entities possessing the power of prophecy themselves as a direct link to the source of those visions and messages.

In religion, prophecies are a feature of many cultures and belief systems though a message foretelling or predicting of what is to come that has been communicated to a person (typically called a prophet); however, magicians, oracles and even shamans have also possessed this power though a supernatural entity or powerful source.

Unlike prophecy construction, which is the power to create prophecies, or divine sight giving its users the power to see the world as a divine entity, those who possess the power of prophecy itself are actually gaining information and visions from higher powers.

Applications[]

Divine Users May Gain[]

Variations[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

Divine Power Negation
Prophetic Protection (Those who possess the power of prophecy may not be protected by their own prophecies or divine sources, and their prophecies can involve their own deaths.)
Psionic Negation

Known Users[]

See Also: Prophecy.

Anime/Manga[]

Aleister Crowley (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Anna Sprengel (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Ibuki Wakatsuki (Witch Watch)

Comics/Graphic Novels[]

Man of Miracles (Image Comics); Mother of Existence in disguise.
Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics); through deities.
Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics); through deities.
Cats (mostly Leaders and Medicine cats) (Warrior Cats); through StarClan.

Folklore/Mythology[]

Uriel, the Archangel (Abrahamic Faiths)
Merlin (Arthurian Legends)
Morgan le Fay (Arthurian Legends)
Sebile (Arthurian Legends); and oracle.
Saint Malachy (Catholicism)
Prophets of Christianity (Christianity)-(See List)
- Jesus Christ (Christianity)
Michel de Nostredamus (French Folklore/History)
Mani, founder of Manichaeism (Gnostic Mythology)
Apollo (Greco-Roman Mythology)
Asteria (Greek Mythology)
Cassandra (Greek Mythology)
Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi (Greek Mythology)
Sibyl, the Oracle of Cumae (Greek Mythology)
Dione, Oracle Goddess at Dodona (Greek Mythology)
Musaeus of Athens (Greek Mythology)
Phoebe (Greek Mythology)
Tiresias (Greek Mythology)
Oracles (Hawaiian Mythology)
Prophets in Judaism (Jewish Mythology)-(See List)
Prophets and messengers (Islamic Mythology)-(See List)
Māori Prophets (Māori Mythology)-(See List)
The Great Peacemaker (Native American Mythology)
Oracles (Nigerian Mythology)
Mimir (Nordic Mythology)
Oracle of Menestheus (Spanish Mythology)
The Dalai Lama, known as the Nechung Oracle (Tibetan Mythology)
Aleister Crowley (Thelema)
Gwenddydd (Welsh Folklore)
Ọrunmila (Yoruba Mythology)
Zoroaster/Zarathustra (Zoroastrianism)

Literature[]

Three Witches (Macbeth)
Apollo (Percy Jackson series)
Rachel Dare (Percy Jackson series)
Jacen Solo (Star Wars Legends)
Randall Flagg (The Stand)
Los (William Blake)

Movies/Television[]

Cordelia Chase (Angel); from the powers that be.
The Oracles (Angel 1999-2000)
Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Leto II Atreides (Dune)
Grace Ling (Evil)
Sybil Trelawny's (Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix)
The Fates (Hercules)
Leprous Prophetess (Minotaur)
Oracle of Delphi (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters)
Prophets (Supernatural)
- Tony Alvarez
- Luke
- Donatello Redfield
- Chuck Shurley (God in disguise)
- Kevin Tran
The Southern Oracles (The Neverending Story, 1984)
Eli (Xena: Warrior Princess)