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The Prophecy of Neferti is one of the few surviving literary texts from ancient Egypt. The story is set in the Old Kingdom, under the reign of King Snefru. However, the text should be attributed to an individual named Neferyt, who most likely composed it at the beginning of the Twelfth Dynasty. The nature of the literary text is argued upon.
v. t. e. The Sibylline Books (Latin: Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameter verses, that, according to tradition, were purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and consulted at momentous crises through the history of the Roman Republic and the Empire.
Ancient Prophecies. Ancient Prophecies (television series) Ancient Prophecies is a series of four TV specials that aired on NBC between 1994 and 1997. Hosted by David McCallum, each special focused on apocalyptic prophecies of doomsday leading up to the year 2000, including interviews and reenactments.
Seven fires prophecy. Seven fires prophecy is an Anishinaabe prophecy that marks phases, or epochs, in the life of the people on Turtle Island, the original name given by the indigenous peoples of the now North American continent. The seven fires of the prophecy represent key spiritual teachings for North America, and suggest that the different ...
The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, Chinese: 妙法蓮華經) [1] is one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras. It is the main scripture on which the Tiantai along with its derivative schools, the Japanese Tendai and Nichiren, Korean Cheontae ...
The Ancient of Days, frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy. This is from copy K, in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. [1] This is from copy K, in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Plate 13 [2] Europe a Prophecy is a 1794 prophetic book by the British poet and illustrator William Blake.
Xōchitlīcuē (Codex Ramírez) [2] Siblings. Xōchiquetzal. Consort. None. Xōchipilli [ʃoːt͡ʃiˈpilːi] is the god of art, games, dance, flowers, and song in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words xōchitl ("flower") and pilli (either "prince" or "child") and hence means "flower prince".
Prophecy. In religion, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a prophet) by a supernatural entity. Prophecies are a feature of many cultures and belief systems and usually contain divine will or law, or preternatural knowledge, for example of future events.