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divination

attempt to gain insight about future events using spells
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Summary

divination is an activity[1]. divination ranks in the top 4% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,569 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: guess[3], attempt[4], psychic ability[5], white magic[6], religious experience[7]
  • Commons category: Divination[8]
  • Said to be the same as: fortune-telling[9]
  • Has part(s): cartomancy[10], palmistry[11], auspice[12], bibliomancy[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Divination[14]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15], Records of the Grand Historian[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], The Catholic Encyclopedia[18]
  • Different from: projection[19]
  • Practiced by: fortune teller[20], magician[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - People, knowledge and activities[22]

Why It Matters

divination has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] divination is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → divination
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: divination, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289931925|divination (#289931925)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → ANM
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295725, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5235
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 5235, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477712|DIVINATION (#167477712)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]"
  4. 16w ago · Ldhank · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → guess, attempt, psychic ability +2
    Svkkl authority id → h0000235-vesteni, h0007075-divinace
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: religious experience"
  5. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000235-vesteni, h0007075-divinace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000235-vesteni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → fortune-telling
    Has part(s) → cartomancy, palmistry, auspice +1
    Instance of → activity
    Has parts → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007548103705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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