To Avoid Prophecy Fulfillment

Cyrus was the founder of the Achaemenid empire, one of the greatest of the ancient kingdoms, centered on Persia. According to legend Cyrus was the son of prince Cambyses and the daughter o... [more]

Finn Mac Cumhal

Finn was the last and greatest leader of the Fianna. He was born named Demna, the son of Cumhal Mac Baiscne, who was killed by the Sons of Morna. His mother, Muirne, sent him away to the ca... [more]

Krishna

Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, was born to Devaki, sister of the wicked King Kamsa of Mathura. There was a prophecy that Kamsa would be destroyed by a child of Devaki, so he tri... [more]

Manuera, Eruera Riini

Manuera's mother was a high-ranking aristocrat of the Ngati Awa, and his father was of lower rank, although still the son of a chief. Family elders therefore cursed the couple with childles... [more]

Oedipus

Oedipus was the son of King Laius of Thebes and Queen Jocasta. There was a prophecy that Laius would be killed by his own son, so the baby was abandoned on a mountainside to die. (This was ... [more]

Rat-Children of Shah Daula

According to a centuries-old tradition, barren women who worship at the shrine of the Sufi saint Shah Daula, in Gujrat, Pakistan, will become fertile. But unless they donate their first-bor... [more]

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki

Te Kooti was named Akirangi in a prophecy by Te Toiroa foretelling his birth. According to the prophecy if Te Turuki had a child who died, followed by Te Rangipatahi having a child who live... [more]