[ **up: [[Fortune-telling]]** ] --- # Prophecy --- ## History ### Europe Max Dashu claims prophetic [[pagan]] women existed into the [[Christianity|Christian]] era.[^1] There may have been an ocacular culture attached to the [[Norns|matronae]].[^2] [^1]: Max Dashu, [[Dashu. 'Witches and Pagans_ Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100', 2017.|Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100]] (Richmond, CA: Veleda Press, 2017), p.65. [^2]: Max Dashu, [[Dashu. 'Witches and Pagans_ Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100', 2017.|Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100]] (Richmond, CA: Veleda Press, 2017), p. 15.