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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:


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