Premonition
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- For the 2007 movie, see Premonition (2007 film).
The word Premonition refers to a situation when future events are foreknown or forecast. Premonitions are attributed to the presence of supernatural or paranormal abilities.(see Cassandra myth).
[edit] Famous premonitions
- Abraham Lincoln's prophetic dream of his death and funeral, which he related to both his bodyguard and his wife mere hours before his assassination.[citation needed]
- Famed blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan also had a prophetic dream, which he related to his bandmates a mere 20 hours before his death in a helicopter crash.[citation needed]
- Otto von Bismarck predicted the beginning of the First World War, by saying (shortly before he died in 1898) to Mr. Ballen): "If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans." [1]
[edit] In popular culture
- In the Final Destination series of films, the protagonist of each film has a deadly premonition of an accident. Throughout the film, these premonitions continue in a more subtle manner, like fate hinting at them.
- In the WB television series Charmed, one of the main characters, Phoebe Halliwell, has the power of premonition.
