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

* ''Sybil'' (1921 film) * ''Sybil'' (1976 film), a film starring Sally Field * ''Sybil'' (2007 film), a remake of the 1976 film starring Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange * ''Sibyl'' (2019 film), a French comedy-drama film

Literature

* ''Sybil'' (novel) or ''The Two Nations'', an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli * ''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

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* ''The Sybil'' or ''Sibyllan'', a 1956 Swedish novel by

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* ''The Sybil'', an American dress reform periodical founded by Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck

Music

* ''Sybil'' (album), a 1989 album by American singer Sybil * ''Sybil'' (operetta) adaptation of ''Szibill'' by Victor Jacobi *

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, indie rock band from Pau, France created in 2002

Geography

* Sybil Island, one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut * Sybil rock, outcropping of rock on the site of Delphi, Greece * 4679 Sybil, minor planet (12 km diameter) discovered in 1990 by R. H. McNaught * Typhoon Sibyl (1992) *

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People

* Sybil (singer), or Sybil Lynch, American singer * Sibyl of Armenia (died 1290), the princess of Antioch and countess of Tripoli * Sibyl of Burgundy (1126–1150), Queen Consort of Sicily *

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 h ...

, kinswoman of King Henry I of England *

Sibyl de Neufmarché Sibyl de Neufmarché, Countess of Hereford, ''suo jure'' Lady of Brecknock ( c. 1100 – after 1143), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, heiress to one of the most substantial fiefs in the Welsh Marches. The great-granddaughter of Gruffyd ...

(1100–1143), Countess of Hereford, suo jure Lady of Brecknock, Cambro-Norman noblewoman * Sybil (wife of Pain fitzJohn) (12th century), wife of Pain fitzJohn and Josce de Dinan * Sybil (given name)

Ships

* HMS ''Sibyl'' (1779), 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy *, a Uganda Railway Lake Victoria ferry scuttled in 1967 * HMS ''Sibyl'' (P217), an ''S'' class submarine * HMS ''Sibyl'' (R15), C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War II * ''Sybil Marston'' (ship), a wooden schooner cargo ship * 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

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created by American magician Chris Kenner * Sybil (cat) (2006–2009), cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street in the United Kingdom *

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 ''

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