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Fortune-telling

Fortune-telling is the spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune telling implies a…

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Children's fortune-telling games

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Fortune-telling

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples22
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

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Fortune-telling

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related to Children's fortune-telling games · 4
Fortune-telling → Children's, MASH, These, They
related to External links · 3
Fortune-telling → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Fortune-telling → spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life

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fortune telling divination people also tellers spiritual methods psychic teller practice many example future life popular occult culture tarot psychics

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fortune-tellingis aspiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life0.90text
future romanticinstance ofby tea leaves or coffee grounds SociologyWestern fortune tellers typically attempt predictions on matters0.80text
financialinstance ofby tea leaves or coffee grounds SociologyWestern fortune tellers typically attempt predictions on matters0.80text
and childbearing prospectsinstance ofby tea leaves or coffee grounds SociologyWestern fortune tellers typically attempt predictions on matters0.80text
emailinstance ofand by the 2010s additional contact methods0.80text
videoconferencing also became availableinstance ofand by the 2010s additional contact methods0.80text
but none of these have completely replaced traditional in-person methods of consultationinstance ofand by the 2010s additional contact methods0.80text
the Assyriansinstance ofAlthough soothsayers were viewed as prized advisers in ancient and premodern civilizations0.80text
they lost respectinstance ofAlthough soothsayers were viewed as prized advisers in ancient and premodern civilizations0.80text
reverence during the Age of Enlightenment in the 17thinstance ofAlthough soothsayers were viewed as prized advisers in ancient and premodern civilizations0.80text
18th centuries.With the rise of commercialisminstance ofAlthough soothsayers were viewed as prized advisers in ancient and premodern civilizations0.80text
psychic readingsinstance offortune-telling occurs through various methods0.80text

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