Sibyl
The sibyls (, singular ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece.
The sibyls prophesied at holy sites.
A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by PausaniasPausanias 10.12.1 when he described local tradi ...
s were oracular women believed to possess prophetic powers in ancient Greece.
Sybil or Sibyl may also refer to:
Films
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''Sybil'' (1921 film)
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''Sybil'' (1976 film), a film starring Sally Field
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''Sybil'' (2007 film), a remake of the 1976 film starring Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange
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''Sibyl'' (2019 film), a French comedy-drama film
Literature
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''Sybil'' (novel) or ''The Two Nations'', an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli
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''Sybil'' (Schreiber book), a book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about Shirley Ardell Mason, an alleged sufferer from multiple personality disorder
* ''Sybil'', a 1952 novel by
Louis Auchincloss
Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novel ...
* ''The Sybil'' or ''Sibyllan'', a 1956 Swedish novel by
Pär Lagerkvist
Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his ...
* ''The Sybil'', an American dress reform periodical founded by
Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck
Music
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''Sybil'' (album), a 1989 album by American singer Sybil
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''Sybil'' (operetta) adaptation of ''Szibill'' by Victor Jacobi
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Sibyl Vane (band)
Sibyl Vane is an indie rock band from Pau, France created in 2002 by Bernard Cabarrou, Stéphane Sapanel, Eddy Crampes, and Pierre Dutrey.
History
The French band Sibyl Vane is based in Pau since 2003. They take their name from a character in ...
, indie rock band from Pau, France created in 2002
Geography
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Sybil Island, one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
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Sybil rock, outcropping of rock on the site of Delphi, Greece
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4679 Sybil, minor planet (12 km diameter) discovered in 1990 by R. H. McNaught
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Typhoon Sibyl (1992)
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Typhoon Sibyl (1995)
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The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equat ...
People
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Sybil (singer)
Sybil Lynch, known simply as Sybil,(14 May 1992Celebrating with Sybil Up-And-Coming Pop Singer's a Familiar Face to Local Folks ''News & Record (Greensboro)'', Retrieved October 28, 2010 is an American R&B and pop singer–songwriter. Sybil ga ...
, or Sybil Lynch, American singer
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Sibyl of Armenia
Sibylla of Armenia (died in 1290) was the princess of Antioch and countess of Tripoli by marriage to Bohemond VI from 1254 to 1275, and then regent of the County of Tripoli until their son, Bohemond VII, came of age in 1277. She was closely allied ...
(died 1290), the princess of Antioch and countess of Tripoli
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Sibyl of Burgundy :''This is an article about Sibylla of Burgundy, queen of Sicily. For her namesake, see Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy.''
Sibylla of Burgundy (1126 – 16 September 1150 in Salerno) was Queen of Sicily as the second consort of Roger II of ...
(1126–1150), Queen Consort of Sicily
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Sibyl of Falaise
Sibyl of Falaise (or Sibil de FalaiseKeats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 454) was a kinswoman of King Henry I of England. She was possibly his illegitimate daughter or a niece, as the sources are unclear. Another possibility is that she may ha ...
, kinswoman of King Henry I of England
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Sibyl de Neufmarché
Sibyl de Neufmarché, Countess of Hereford, ''suo jure'' Lady of Brecknock (Wiktionary:circa, c. 1100 – after 1143), was a Cambro-Norman Nobility, noblewoman, heiress to one of the most substantial fiefs in the Welsh Marches. The grea ...
(1100–1143), Countess of Hereford, suo jure Lady of Brecknock, Cambro-Norman noblewoman
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Sybil (wife of Pain fitzJohn)
Sybil was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman in 12th-century England. Her parentage is unclear, but her first marriage to Pain fitzJohn is well attested. Through her marriage, Sybil transferred lands in several shires to her husband, including lands aroun ...
(12th century), wife of Pain fitzJohn and Josce de Dinan
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Sybil (given name)
Sybil or Sibyl is a feminine given name of Greek origin given in reference to the sibyls, oracles of Ancient Greece. It has been in common use in Christian countries since the Middle Ages. Latinate forms of the name in use by 1381 included ''Sib ...
Ships
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HMS ''Sibyl'' (1779), 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy
*, a Uganda Railway Lake Victoria ferry scuttled in 1967
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HMS ''Sibyl'' (P217), an ''S'' class submarine
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HMS ''Sibyl'' (R15), C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War II
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''Sybil Marston'' (ship), a wooden schooner cargo ship
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USS ''Sibyl'' (1863), wooden-hull steamer with heavy guns, purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War
Other uses
*Sybil, a two-handed
card flourish
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The term "cardistry" is a portmanteau of "card" and "artistry". People who engage in cardist ...
created by American magician Chris Kenner
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Sybil (cat)
Sybil (2006 – 27 July 2009) was a cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street. Named after Sybil Fawlty from the television show ''Fawlty Towers'', she was the pet of then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling.
When introduced in Septemb ...
(2006–2009), cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street in the United Kingdom
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Sybil attack
Sibyls were oracular women believed to possess prophetic powers in ancient Greece.
Sybil or Sibyl may also refer to:
Films
* ''Sybil'' (1921 film)
* ''Sybil'' (1976 film), a film starring Sally Field
* ''Sybil'' (2007 film), a remake of the 19 ...
, the use of stolen or forged multiple identities for defeating a reputation system
* Sibil, another name for
Ngalum, a language of New Guinea
* Sibyl System, the primary system that judges individuals the anime ''
Psycho-Pass
''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized as ''PSYCHO-PASS'') is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, ...
''
See also
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Cybil (disambiguation)
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Sibille (disambiguation)
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Sibylla (disambiguation)
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Sibylle (disambiguation) Sibylle is a given name. It may refer to:
*Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1542–1580), eldest surviving daughter of Count Philipp IV and Countess Eleonore of Fürstenberg
*Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586–1659), Electress of Saxony ...
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Sybil Vane (disambiguation) Sibyl Vane may refer to:
*Sibyl Vane, a main character of Oscar Wilde's novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''
*Sibyl Vane, a main character in Vladimir Nabokov's short story, "The Vane Sisters"
* Sibyl Vane (band), an indie rock band from Pau, Franc ...
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The Song of the Sibyl
The Song of the Sibyl ( ca, El Cant de la Sibil·la ) is a liturgical drama and a Gregorian chant, the lyrics of which comprise a prophecy describing the Apocalypse, which has been performed in churches on Majorca ( Balearic Islands, Spain) an ...
", a Gregorian chant sung on Christmas Eve in Majorca
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