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fortune-telling

practice of predicting information about a person's life
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fortune-telling

Summary

fortune-telling ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,897 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fortune-telling is a type of ritual[2].
  • fortune-telling is used for divination[3].
  • fortune-telling's Commons category is recorded as Fortune-telling[4].
  • fortune-telling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Divination[5].
  • fortune-telling's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q107104412[6].
  • fortune-telling's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[7].
  • fortune-telling's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[8].
  • fortune-telling's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[9].
  • fortune-telling's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • fortune-telling's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • fortune-telling's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • fortune-telling's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as Barnum effect[14].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as confirmation bias[15].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as astrology[16].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as horary astrology[17].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as pendulum[18].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as ouija[19].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as tasseography[20].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as cartomancy[21].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as tarot card reading[22].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as crystal gazing[23].
  • fortune-telling's uses is recorded as palmistry[24].
  • fortune-telling's practiced by is recorded as fortune teller[25].

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Definition and Type

fortune-telling is a type of ritual[2].

Use and Application

fortune-telling is used for divination[3].

Why It Matters

fortune-telling ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,897 views/month).[1] fortune-telling has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] fortune-telling is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Iamblichus

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic's main category → Category:Divination
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