Prophessence biography

Message claimed to be from a deity

For other uses, see Prophecy (disambiguation).

In religion, mythology, and fiction, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a prophet) by a supernatural entity.

Prophecies are a feature of many cultures and belief systems and usually contain divine will or law, or preternatural knowledge, for example of future events. They can be revealed to the prophet in various ways depending on the religion and the story, such as visions, or direct interaction with divine beings in physical form.

Stories of prophetic deeds sometimes receive considerable attention and some have been known to survive for centuries through oral tradition or as religious texts.

Etymology

The English noun "prophecy", in the sense of "function of a prophet" appeared from about 1225, from Old Frenchprofecie (12th century), and from prophetia, Greekpropheteia "gift of interpreting the will of God", from Greek prop