Sybil

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In antiquity, the oracular seeresses of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term "sibyls". In modern times, when "Sibyl" is adopted for a woman's name, the conventional spelling is "Sybil".

Contents 1 People 2 Entertainment 3 Others 4 In Music 5 See also

[edit] People

• Sybil Dorsett, a pseudonym for Shirley Ardell Mason, a woman with dissociative identity disorder whose story was told in:
  • Sybil (book), a book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber
  • Sybil (1976 film), a 1976 film starring Sally Field
  • Sybil (2007 film), a 2007 remake starring Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange

[edit] Entertainment

• Sybil Lynch, American singer
• Sybil (Auchincloss), 1952 novel by Louis Auchincloss
• The Sybil English version of 1956 Swedish novel "Sibyllan" by Noble Laureate, Par Fabian Lagerkvist (Nobel Prize Literature - 1951)
• Sybil (novel) or The Two Nations, 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli
• Sybil, English-language version of the operetta Szibill by Victor Jacobi
• Sybil Fawlty, a character played by Prunella Scales in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers
• Sybil Birling, a character in the play, An Inspector Calls by[J. B. Priestley
• Sybill Trelawney, a character in the Harry Potter series, professor of Divination at Hogwarts.
• Lady Sybil Vimes, a character in the Discworld series.
• Sybil Stone, a character played by Diane Keaton in the American film The Family Stone
• Sybil Pandemik, a character in Telltale Games' Sam & Max episodes.

[edit] Others

• Sybil attack, the use of stolen or forged multiple identities for defeating a reputation system
• "Sybil", a type of card flourishing in which a deck of cards is split into "packets" and manipulated
• Sybil (cat), a cat employed at Downing Street in the United Kingdom

[edit] In Music

• "The Song of the Sibyl", a Gregorian chant sung on Christmas Eve in Majorca

[edit] See also

• Sibylla
• Sibyl

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