Sibyl The sibyls were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophet, prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by Pausanias (geographer), PausaniasPausanias 10.12.1 when he desc ...

s were oracular women believed to possess prophetic powers in ancient Greece. Sybil or Sibyl may also refer to:

Films

* ''Sybil'' (1921 film) * ''Sybil'' (1976 film), a film starring Sally Field * ''Sybil'' (2007 film), a remake of the 1976 film starring Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange * ''Sibyl'' (2019 film), a French comedy-drama film

Literature

* ''The Sibyl'' (play), a tragedy by Richard Cumberland, published in 1813 * ''Sybil'' (novel) or ''The Two Nations'', an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli * ''Sybil'' (Schreiber book), a book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about Shirley Ardell Mason, an alleged sufferer from multiple personality disorder * ''Sybil'', a 1952 novel by

Louis Auchincloss Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novel ...

* ''The Sybil'' or ''Sibyllan'', a 1956 Swedish novel by

Pär Lagerkvist Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from hi ...

* ''The Sybil'', an American dress reform periodical founded by Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck

Music

* ''Sybil'' (album), a 1989 album by American singer Sybil * ''Sybil'' (operetta) adaptation of ''Szibill'' by Victor Jacobi * Sibyl Vane (band), indie rock band from Pau, France created in 2002

Science

Sybil Island Sybil Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Frobisher Bay, southeast of the capital city of Iqaluit. Other islands in the immediate vicinity ...

, one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut * Sybil rock, outcropping of rock on the site of Delphi, Greece * 4679 Sybil, minor planet (12 km diameter) discovered in 1990 by R. H. McNaught *

Typhoon Sibyl (1992) The 1992 Pacific typhoon season was the fifth consecutive above-average season, producing 31 tropical storms, 16 typhoons and five super typhoons. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1992. Despite this, most tropical cyclones tend to ...

* Typhoon Sibyl (1995)

People

Sybil (singer) Sybil Ilona Lynch (born June 2, 1963), known mononymously as Sybil,(14 May 1992Celebrating with Sybil Up-And-Coming Pop Singer's a Familiar Face to Local Folks '' News & Record (Greensboro)'', Retrieved October 28, 2010 is an American R&B and ...

, or Sybil Lynch, American singer * Sibyl of Armenia (died 1290), the princess of Antioch and countess of Tripoli *

Sibyl of Burgundy :''This is an article about Sibylla of Burgundy, queen of Sicily. For her namesake, see Sibylla of Burgundy, Duchess of Burgundy.'' Sibylla of Burgundy (1126 – 16 September 1150 in Salerno) was Queen of Sicily as the second consort of Roger II ...

(1126–1150), Queen Consort of Sicily *

Sibyl of Falaise Sibyl of Falaise (or Sibil de FalaiseKeats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 454) was a kinswoman of King Henry I of England. She was possibly his illegitimate daughter or a niece, as the sources are unclear. Another possibility is that she may ha ...

, kinswoman of King Henry I of England *

Sibyl de Neufmarché Sibyl de Neufmarché, Countess of Hereford, ''suo jure'' Lady of Brecknock ( c. 1100 – after 1143), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, heiress to one of the most substantial fiefs in the Welsh Marches. The great-granddaughter of Gruffydd ap Llyw ...

(1100–1143), Countess of Hereford, suo jure Lady of Brecknock, Cambro-Norman noblewoman *

Sybil (wife of Pain fitzJohn) Sibyls were oracular women believed to possess prophetic powers in ancient Greece. Sybil or Sibyl may also refer to: Films * ''Sybil'' (1921 film) * ''Sybil'' (1976 film), a film starring Sally Field * ''Sybil'' (2007 film), a remake of the 1 ...

(12th century), wife of Pain fitzJohn and Josce de Dinan *

Sybil (given name) Sybil or Sibyl is a feminine given name of Greek origin given in reference to the sibyls, oracles of Ancient Greece. It has been in common use in Christian countries since the Middle Ages. Latinate forms of the name in use by 1381 included ''Sib ...

Ships

* HMS ''Sibyl'' (1779), 28-gun ''Enterprise''-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy *, a Uganda Railway Lake Victoria ferry scuttled in 1967 * HMS ''Sibyl'' (P217), an ''S'' class submarine * HMS ''Sibyl'' (R15), C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War II * ''Sybil Marston'' (ship), a wooden schooner cargo ship * USS ''Sibyl'' (1863), wooden-hull steamer with heavy guns, purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War

Other uses

*Sybil, a two-handed

card flourish Cardistry is the performance art of Playing cards, card flourishing. Unlike card magic, cardistry is meant to be visually impressive and appear very hard to execute. The term ''cardistry'' is a portmanteau of ''card'' and ''artistry.'' People w ...

created by American magician Chris Kenner *

Sybil (cat) Sybil ( – 27 July 2009) was a cat living at 10 and 11 Downing Street who was employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office as the pet of the chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, and his wife, Margaret. When introduced in Sep ...

(2006–2009), cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street in the United Kingdom *

Sybil attack A Sybil attack is a type of attack on a computer network service in which an attacker subverts the service's reputation system by creating a large number of pseudonymous identities and uses them to gain a disproportionately large influence. It is ...

, the use of stolen or forged multiple identities for defeating a reputation system * Sibil, another name for Ngalum, a language of New Guinea * Sibyl System, the primary system that judges individuals in the anime ''

Psycho-Pass ''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, wi ...