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Sometimes the name Cassandra is applied to those who can predict rises, falls, and particularly crashes on the global stock market, as happened with Warren Buffett, who repeatedly warned that the 1990s stock market surge was a bubble, attracting to him the title of the "Wall Street Cassandra". [13]
Cassandra puts herself under the protection of Pallas, Aimé Millet (1819–1891), Tuileries Garden, Paris. In some versions, Cassandra intentionally left a chest behind in Troy, with a curse on whichever Greek opened it first. [26] Inside the chest was an image of Dionysus, made by Hephaestus and presented to the Trojans by Zeus.
Groundhog Day is the most famous of all the folklore forecast predictions, but Punxsutawney Phil's shadow is famously used to predict the end of winter. We want to know what lies ahead for the season.
What did General Beauregard Lee predict in 2024? Last year, General Beauregard Lee predicted an early spring for the fifth year in a row. He last predicted a long winter in 2019.
In the earliest sources, Helenus and his sister Cassandra were given the power of prophecy by Apollo after their ears were licked by snakes. [4] In other sources, Helenus was taught the power by Cassandra, but others generally believed his predictions. After gaining foresight, he was renamed from Scamandrius to Helenus by a Thracian soothsayer. [5]
Here's Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction about winter. The largest crowd to ever gathered at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in crisp 19-degree weather, which felt more like 16 ...
Every year on Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog tries to predict the end of winter.. As tradition goes, if Phil sees his shadow, the U.s. has six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his ...
Cassandra (German: Kassandra) is a 1983 novel by the German author Christa Wolf. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has since been translated into a number of languages. Swiss composer Michael Jarrell has adapted the novel for speaker and instrumental ensemble, and his piece has been performed frequently.