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An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. [2] It was commonly believed in ancient history , and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages from the gods.
The Final Conflict (also known as Omen III: The Final Conflict) is a 1981 supernatural horror film directed by Graham Baker and written by Andrew Birkin. It is the third installment in The Omen series .
Omen IV: The Awakening is a 1991 American supernatural horror television film directed by Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard and written by Brian Taggert, from a story by producer Harvey Bernhard and Taggert. The film is the fourth installment in The Omen series and the final installment of the
The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer.An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer Stephens (in his film debut), Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern.
Madeon played a song entitled "Albatross" as part of his Pixel Empire tour, as well as during his DJ sets. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band has a song called "Albatross, Albatross, Albatross". Port Blue has an album entitled The Albatross EP; The Sweden indie-pop band Sambassadeur has a song titled "Albatross" on their 2010 albums European.
In the religions of ancient Rome, an omen, plural omina, was a sign intimating the future, considered less important to the community than a prodigium but of great importance to the person who heard or saw it. [1] Omina could be good or bad.
A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.). [1] [2] In the distinction between literal and figurative language, figures of
Ornithomancy (modern term from Greek ornis "bird" and manteia "divination"; in Ancient Greek: οἰωνίζομαι "take omens from the flight and cries of birds") is the practice of reading omens from the actions of birds followed in many ancient cultures including the Greeks, and is equivalent to the augury employed by the ancient Romans.