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A soothsayer is a person who claims to speak sooth: specifically one who predicts the future, or claims to know secrets or other hidden knowledge based upon personal, political, spiritual, mental, or religious beliefs rather than scientific principles.

They are often depicted as blind, at least in one eye, and almost always are ragged - things like fortune telling having been a common trade of the poor and disabled, and other societal outcasts.

Typically, soothsayers include:

Soothsayer may also refer to:

Presage, an intelligent predictive text entry system formerly called Soothsayer
"Soothsayer," a song by Buckethead on his album Crime Slunk Scene (2006)
- "Sail on Soothsayer", its sequel off the album Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot (2007)
"Soothsayer," a song by The Mars Volta on their album The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
"Soothsayer," a 1965 Post-Bop Jazz album by composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter
"Soothsayer" a Canadian Thrash Metal Band
"Soothsayer" Britain's ground-based SIGINT system
"Soothsayer" a track by psy-trance artist Hallucinogen. First published by TIP Records as the B side on the "Angelic Particles / Soothsayer (TIP004)" Vinyl in 1995.

Soothsayers try to stop Julius Caesar from going to the Senate in William Shakespeare's play.

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-A '''soothsayer''' is a person who claims to speak [[sooth]]: specifically one who predicts the [[future]] based upon personal, political, spiritual, mental, or religious beliefs rather than scientific principles. They are often blind, at least in one eye, and almost always are ragged. They dart out from the crowd as you pass through, clutch or pluck at your sleeve, and fortell one or two very important things having to do with you alone. These they tell because they know them, and not for money. Typically, soothsayers include:
+A '''soothsayer''' is a person who claims to speak [[sooth]]: specifically one who predicts the [[future]], or claims to know secrets or other hidden knowledge based upon personal, political, spiritual, mental, or religious beliefs rather than scientific principles.
+They are often depicted as blind, at least in one eye, and almost always are ragged - things like fortune telling having been a common trade of the poor and disabled, and other societal outcasts.
+Typically, soothsayers include:
 *[[Augur]]s