Sybil
Encyclopedia
In antiquity, the oracular seeresses
of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term "sibyl
s". In modern times, when "Sibyl" is adopted for a woman's name, the conventional spelling is "Sybil".
Lake Victoria ferry scuttled in 1967
Oracle
In Classical Antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination....
of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term "sibyl
Sibyl
The word Sibyl comes from the Greek word σίβυλλα sibylla, meaning prophetess. The earliest oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, "who admittedly are known only through legend" prophesied at certain holy sites, under the divine influence of a deity, originally— at Delphi and...
s". In modern times, when "Sibyl" is adopted for a woman's name, the conventional spelling is "Sybil".
People
- Sibil, a pseudonym for Zabel Sibil AsadourZabel Sibil AsadourZabel Asadour better known by her literary pseudonym Sibil was born as Zabel Khanjian on July 23, 1863 in Üsküdar, a district of İstanbul. She died on June 19, 1934. She was a famous Armenian poet, writer, publisher, educator and philanthropist....
(1863-1934), an Armenian poet, writer, publisher and philanthropist - Sybil Dorsett, a pseudonym for Shirley Ardell MasonShirley Ardell MasonShirley Ardell Mason was an American psychiatric patient and commercial artist who was reputed to have multiple personality disorder. Her life was fictionalized in 1973 in the book Sybil, and two films of the same name were made in 1976 and 2007...
, a woman with dissociative identity disorder whose story was told in:- Sybil (book)Sybil (book)Sybil is a 1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about the treatment of Sybil Dorsett for dissociative identity disorder by her psychoanalyst, Cornelia B...
, a book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber - Sybil (1976 film), a 1976 film starring Sally Field
- Sybil (2007 film)Sybil (2007 film)Sybil is a 2007 American docudrama directed by Joseph Sargent. The teleplay by John Pielmeier is based on the 1973 book of the same name by Flora Rheta Schreiber, which fictionalized the story of Shirley Ardell Mason, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder...
, a 2007 remake starring Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange
- Sybil (book)
- Sybil LeekSybil LeekSybil Leek was an English witch, astrologer, psychic, and occult author. She wrote more than sixty books on occult and esoteric subjects...
, an English witch - Sibyl Buck (born 1972), an American musician
- Sibyl Mary Hathaway (1884-1974), a Dame of Sark
- Sibyl Moholy-NagySibyl Moholy-NagySibyl Moholy-Nagy was the daughter of Werkbund architect Martin Pietzsch and an architectural and art historian. Originally a German citizen, she became the second wife of the Hungarian Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy and accompanied him in his move to the United States...
(1903-1971), a German non-fiction writer - Sibyl MorrisonSibyl MorrisonSibyl Enid Vera Munro Morrison was the first female barrister in New South Wales, Australia. She graduated LL.B from the University of Sydney's law school in 1924.-Early life:...
(1895-1961), an Australian lawyer - Sibyl of BurgundySibyl of BurgundySibylla of Burgundy was the second queen consort of Roger II of Sicily.-Family:She was a daughter of Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy and his wife Felicia-Matilda of Mayenne....
(1126-1150), a Queen Consort of Sicily - Sybil LynchSybil LynchSybil Lynch is an American R&B/pop singer, more popularly known as Sybil.-Career:Sybil has been recording since 1986 and is best known for her covers of Dionne Warwick's hits "Don't Make Me Over" and "Walk On By," which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively...
, an American singer - Cybill ShepherdCybill ShepherdCybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in The Last Picture Show, as Betsy in Taxi Driver, as Madeleine Spencer in Psych, as Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, and as Phyllis Kroll on The L...
, an American actress
Entertainment
- Sybil (book)Sybil (book)Sybil is a 1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about the treatment of Sybil Dorsett for dissociative identity disorder by her psychoanalyst, Cornelia B...
, a book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber - Sybil (1976 film), a 1976 film starring Sally Field
- Sybil (2007 film)Sybil (2007 film)Sybil is a 2007 American docudrama directed by Joseph Sargent. The teleplay by John Pielmeier is based on the 1973 book of the same name by Flora Rheta Schreiber, which fictionalized the story of Shirley Ardell Mason, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder...
, a 2007 remake starring Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange - SYBIL In Her Own Words: The Untold Story of Shirley Mason, Her Multiple Personalities and Paintings (2011), a book written by Patrick Suraci, Ph.D. [ISBN: 978-0-615-44600-4]
- Sybil LynchSybil LynchSybil Lynch is an American R&B/pop singer, more popularly known as Sybil.-Career:Sybil has been recording since 1986 and is best known for her covers of Dionne Warwick's hits "Don't Make Me Over" and "Walk On By," which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively...
, American singer - Sybil (Auchincloss), 1952 novel by Louis AuchinclossLouis AuchinclossLouis Stanton Auchincloss was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a prolific novelist who parlayed his firsthand knowledge into dozens of finely wrought books exploring the private lives of America's East Coast patrician class...
- The Sybil English version of 1956 Swedish novel "Sibyllan" by Noble Laureate, Par Fabian Lagerkvist (Nobel Prize Literature - 1951)
- Sybil (novel)Sybil (novel)Sybil, or The Two Nations is an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli. Published in the same year as Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Sybil traces the plight of the working classes of England...
or The Two Nations, 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli- Sybil (1921 film)Sybil (1921 film)Sybil is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Jack Denton and starring Evelyn Brent, Cowley Wright and Gordon Hopkirk. It is an adaptation of the novel Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli. A lost film.-Cast:* Evelyn Brent - Sybil Gerard...
, a 1921 film adaptation of the novel
- Sybil (1921 film)
- Sybil, English-language version of the operetta SzibillSzibillSzibill is an operetta by Hungarian composer Victor Jacobi. The first performance was February 27, 1914, at the Király Színház in Budapest. The libretto was written by Ferenc Martos and Miksa Bródy...
by Victor Jacobi - Sybil FawltySybil FawltySybil Fawlty is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. She is played by Prunella Scales. Her age is listed as 34 years old as seen on her medical chart in the 1975 episode "The Germans", thus presumably indicating that she was born in 1941...
, a character played by Prunella Scales in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers - Sybil Birling, a character in the play, An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsAn Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and 1946 in the UK. It is considered to be one of Priestley's best known works for the stage and one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre...
by J. B. Priestley - Sybill Trelawney, a character in the Harry Potter series, professor of Divination at Hogwarts.
- Lady Sybil Vimes, a character in the Discworld series.
- Sybil Stone, a character played by Diane KeatonDiane KeatonDiane Keaton is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970...
in the American film The Family Stone - Sybil Pandemik, a character in Telltale Games' Sam & Max episodes.
- Sybil LudingtonSybil LudingtonSybil Ludington , daughter of Col. Henry Ludington, was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War who became famous for her night ride on April 26, 1777 to alert American colonial forces to the approach of enemy troops...
, teenager who rode into town to warn people that the British were coming. - Lady Sybil Crawley, a character played by Jessica Brown-FindlayJessica Brown-FindlayJessica Brown-Findlay is an English actress. She plays the character of Lady Sybil Crawley in ITV's Downton Abbey.Brown-Findlay trained with the National Youth Ballet and the Associates of the Royal Ballet...
in the British television period drama series Downton Abbey
Others
, a Uganda RailwayUganda Railway
The Uganda Railway is a railway system and former railway company linking the interiors of Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean at Mombasa in Kenya.-Origins:...
Lake Victoria ferry scuttled in 1967
- Sybil attackSybil attackThe Sybil attack in computer security is an attack wherein a reputation system is subverted by forging identities in peer-to-peer networks. It is named after the subject of the book Sybil, a fictional case study of a woman with multiple personality disorder...
, the use of stolen or forged multiple identities for defeating a reputation system - "Sybil", a type of card flourishing in which a deck of cards is split into "packets" and manipulated
- Sybil (cat)Sybil (cat)Sybil was a cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street. Named after Sybil Fawlty from the TV show Fawlty Towers, she was the pet of former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling....
, a cat employed at Downing Street in the United Kingdom