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oracle

in classical antiquity, person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future
Occupation occupation Q217123
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Summary

oracle is an occupation[1]. oracle ranks in the top 6% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,363 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: fortune teller[3]
  • Commons category: Oracles[4]
  • Patron saint: Agabus[5]
  • Field of this occupation: Greek divination[6]
  • Said to be the same as: fortune teller[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oracles[8]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Description of Greece[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Meyer’s Universum, Dritter Band[14]
  • Different from: Oracle[15], Orakel[16]
  • Time period: classical antiquity[17]
  • Female form of label: אורקלית[18], Orakel[19], orakolino[20]
  • Male form of label: وسيط روحي، كاهن[21]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for oracle include Sporcle[22], a website[23], founded in 2007[24].

Why It Matters

oracle has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] oracle is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for oracle include Sporcle[22], a website[23], founded in 2007[24].

Related Entities

Agabus

References

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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . 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. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Leonzia · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 62
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', '
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 11959229b
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 9w ago · Infovarius · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → occupation
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: sacred place"
  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → John Searle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295012, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0248817-vestkyne
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  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → occupation
    Said to be the same as → fortune teller
    Different from → Oracle, Orakel
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 22850, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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