divination

attempt to gain insight about future events using spells
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divination

Summary

divination is an activity[1]. divination ranks in the top 4% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,837 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • divination's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • divination is a type of guess[4].
  • divination is a type of attempt[5].
  • divination is a type of psychic ability[6].
  • divination is a type of white magic[7].
  • divination is a type of religious experience[8].
  • divination's Commons category is recorded as Divination[9].
  • divination's said to be the same as is recorded as fortune-telling[10].
  • divination comprises cartomancy[11].
  • divination comprises palmistry[12].
  • divination comprises auspice[13].
  • divination comprises bibliomancy[14].
  • divination's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Divination[15].
  • divination's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16].
  • divination's described by source is recorded as Records of the Grand Historian[17].
  • divination's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • divination's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[19].
  • divination's different from is recorded as projection[20].
  • divination's practiced by is recorded as fortune teller[21].
  • divination's practiced by is recorded as magician[22].
  • divination's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - People, knowledge and activities[23].

Body

Definition and Type

divination's instance of is recorded as activity[3]. Recorded subclass of include guess[4], attempt[5], psychic ability[6], white magic[7], and religious experience[8].

Use and Application

Components include cartomancy[11], an activity[24]; palmistry[12], an occupation[25]; auspice[13]; and bibliomancy[14].

Why It Matters

divination ranks in the top 4% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,837 views/month).[2] divination has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] divination is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → divination
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: divination, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289931925|divination (#289931925)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 9w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → ANM
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295725, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 9w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5235
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 5235, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477712|DIVINATION (#167477712)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
  4. 14w 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 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q143210]]"
  5. 14w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000235-vesteni, h0007075-divinace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000235-vesteni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  6. 17w 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 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548103705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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