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German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Folklore | |||||||
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4 +1 | oracle of love |
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4 +1 | prophecy of love |
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3 | harbinger of divine love |
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oracle of love Explanation: . |
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harbinger of divine love Explanation: if the article is related to and or explaining the origins of the myth and if it makes reference to Goethe. The love oracle is normaly depicted by angels battling with the "evil" forces, the devil or witches. |
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Reference: Info Reference information: Nach altem Volksglauben eignet sich die Walpurgisnacht auch besonders gut für Zukunftsdeutungen und Liebesorakel: rüttelt eine junge Frau nachts an Obstbäumen und ertönt daraufhin Hundegebell, so wird aus dieser Richtung eines Tages ihr Zukünftiger erscheinen. Den Vornamen des oder der Zukünftigen wird erfahren, wer in der Nacht durch ein Tor geht und den ersten Menschen, der ihm begegnet, nach seinem Namen fragt. Sollte es dabei zufällig regnen, muß dies kein Grund für Traurigkeit sein, denn eine alte Bauernregel weiß: Regen auf Walpurgisnacht hat stets ein gutes Jahr gebracht. http://archiv.rhein-zeitung.de/old/97/04/23/topnews/walpurgi... Wahrig - Orakel: Zukunftsdeutung, Wahrsagung, Weissagungstätte, Schicksalspruch Oracle 1. (esp. in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry. 2. the agency or medium giving such responses. 3. a shrine or place at which such responses were given: the oracle of Apollo at Delphi. 4. a person who delivers authoritative, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements. 5. a divine communication or revelation. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oracle -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2010-10-06 17:56:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Psychologist Julian Jaynes categorized divination according to the following four types: • Omens and omen texts. "The most primitive, clumsy, but enduring method...is the simple recording of sequences of unusual or important events." (1976:236) Chinese history offers scrupulously documented occurrences of strange births, the tracking of natural phenomena, and other data. Chinese governmental planning relied on this method of forecasting for long-range strategy. It is not unreasonable to assume that modern scientific inquiry began with this kind of divination; Joseph Needham's work considered this very idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination |
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