Sybil
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In antiquity, the oracular seeresses of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term "sibyls". In modern times, when "Sibyl" is adopted for a woman's name, the conventional spelling is "Sybil".
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[edit] People
- Sybil (Lynch), an R&B singer who achieved music success in the 1980s and 1990s
- Shirley Ardell Mason, the true name of Sybil Isabel Dorsett, a woman with dissociative identity disorder whose story was told in:
- Sybil (book), a book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber
- Sybil (1976 film), a 1976 film starring Sally Field
- Sybil (2007 film), a 2007 remake starring Tammy Blanchard and Jessica Lange
[edit] Entertainment
- Sybil (musical act), 1980's glam band from San Francisco.
- "Chant of the Sybil", a Gregorian chant sung on Christmas Eve in Majorca and the Sardinian city of Alghero.
- Sybil (Auchincloss), 1952 novel by Louis Auchincloss.
- Sybil (novel) or The Two Nations, 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli.
- Sybil, English-language version of the operetta Szibill by Victor Jacobi.
- Sybil Fawlty, a character played by Prunella Scales in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers
- Sybil Birling, a character in the play, An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley.
- Sybill Trelawney, a character in the Harry Potter series, professor of Divination at Hogwarts.
[edit] Others
- Sybil attack, 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, a cat employed at Downing Street, belonging to Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling and his wife.
Sybil Carpenter- Pefect Day For Bananafish, author J.D. Salinger
[edit] In Music
- State Radio released the songs Sybil I on their album Us Against The Crown, and Sybil II on their 2007 release, Year of the Crow.
[edit] See also
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