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2. Romani people in fiction - Wikipedia

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   Gypsy Fortune Teller by Taras Shevchenko.. Many fictional depictions of the Roma in literature and art present Romanticized narratives of their supposed mystical powers of fortune telling, and their supposed irascible or passionate temper which is paired with an indomitable love of freedom and a habit of criminality.

3. Romani folklore - Wikipedia

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   Fortune-telling; Gana (Queen of Witches) [12] ... Tarot card reading; ... See also. Gypsy Lore Society; The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales; Romani ...

4. Lady Rhea - Wikipedia

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   Upon receiving a book from a friend titled The Gypsy Witch Fortune Teller, Lady Rhea experienced an awakening that drove her further into training in search of a crystal ball. [ 3 ] This search for a crystal ball led to her arrival at the store called Warlock Shoppe, which introduced her to Herman Slater in 1972. [ 3 ]

5. Fortune-telling - Wikipedia

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   Fortune telling is easily dismissed by critics as magical thinking and superstition. [24] [25] [26] Skeptic Bergen Evans suggested that fortune telling is the result of a "naïve selection of something that have happened from a mass of things that haven't, the clever interpretation of ambiguities, or a brazen announcement of the inevitable."

6. Charles Godfrey Leland - Wikipedia

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   1891: Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling [28] [29] 1892: The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria; 1892: Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition; 1892: Leather Work, A Practical Manual for Learners [30] 1895: Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land; 1896: Legends of Florence Collected from the People (2 vols.)

7. Romani people - Wikipedia

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   In 1350, Ludolph of Saxony mentioned a similar people with a unique language whom he called Mandapolos, a word possibly derived from the Greek word mantes (meaning prophet or fortune teller). [ 242 ] In the 14th century, Roma are recorded in Venetian territories, including Methoni and Nafplio in the Peloponnese , and Corfu. [ 240 ]

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9. Scyphomancy - Wikipedia

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   American folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland describes it in his 1891 book Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, in relation to the ritualistic practices of the Roma: . In connection with divination, deceit, and robbery, it may be observed that gypsies in Eastern Europe, as in India, often tell fortunes or answer questions by taking a goblet or glass, tapping it, and pretending to hear a voice in ...