- An
omen (also
called portent) is a
phenomenon that is
believed to
foretell the ****ure,
often signifying the
advent of change. It was
commonly believed...
- Boios,
dated to
before the end of 4th
century BC. In this Gr**** myth, the
ill-
omened strīx
herself did not
perpetrate harm on humans. But one
paper suggests...
-
cannibals who
would capture and eat
victims who
ventured too
close to the
ill-
omened location. The cave is
blackened with soot to this day,
allegedly from...
- a
hypothetical Old
English *badde
possibly meaning 'worthless' or 'of
ill omen'. Liberman,
concurring with
Coates on the
etymological link to *badde,...
-
Noctes Atticae,
written around 177 CE,
speculated that
Vejovis was an
ill-
omened counterpart of Jupiter;
compare Summ****.
Aulus Gellius observes that...
-
describes the work as a "doom-filled
painting with
threatening skies and
ill-
omened crows". Its dark
palette and
heavy brushstrokes convey a
sense of menace...
- ****an's
birth and
death rates, The drop in 1966 was due to it
being a
hinoe uma: a year
which is
viewed as
ill-
omened in the ****anese Zodiac....
-
Victorian Undead is a
series of
comics about Sherlock Holmes and
Doctor Watson dealing with the supernatural. The
first series Victorian Undead: Sherlock...
-
ornithomancy superstitions connected with magpies,
considered a bird of
ill omen in some cultures, and in Britain, at
least as far back as the
early sixteenth...
- Iole.
Roman authors recorded numerous dates in
which it was
considered ill-
omened to wed; however,
Hersch argues that such
religious rules may not have...
