Omen

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient history, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages from the gods.

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