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A definition or brief description of Prophecy.

A communication, often cryptic or ambiguous, which is believed to have been sent or inspired by a divine or supernatural being such as a deity, God or other supernatural force.

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	A [[communication]], often [[cryptic]] or [[ambiguous]], which is [[belief\|believed]] to have been sent or [[inspiration\|inspired]] by a [[divine]] or [[supernatural]] being such as a [[deity]], [[God]] or other supernatural force. It invariably involves the use of an [[intermediary]] known as a [[prophet]] who is a [[human being]] with special [[power]] to [[understand]] divine [[message]]s, and who then relays these messages to other [[people]], and the messages are called ''prophecies''. The messages often foretell events in the [[future]], or give [[warning]]s about [[action\|acts]] that humans should either do or avoid doing. In [[Greek mythology]], [[Cassandra]], according to the ''[[Iliad]]'' by [[Homer]] and the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], was believed to have the [[power]] to foretell the future, but she was also [[curse]]d in that nobody would believe her prophecies.		A [[communication]], often [[cryptic]] or [[ambiguous]], which is [[belief\|believed]] to have been sent or [[inspiration\|inspired]] by a [[divine]] or [[supernatural]] being such as a [[deity]], [[God]] or other supernatural force.