An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions.

Oracle or The Oracle may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

  • Oracle (Marvel Comics), a fictional character
  • Oracle, the DC Comics character Barbara Gordon
  • Gus Yale, a a Batman supporting character
  • Oracle, the original alias of the DC Comics character who would be reimagined as Aurakles
  • Oracle, in Spider Riders
  • Oracle, in streaming TV series Dota: Dragon's Blood
  • Oracle Inc., a company established by the Marvel character Namor
  • The Oracle (The Matrix)
  • The Oracle, a W.I.T.C.H. character
  • The Oracle, in Aladdin and the King of Thieves
  • The Oracle, in Casper Meets Wendy
  • Oracle Turret, a Portal character
  • Oracle, the codename for Futaba Sakura, a character from Persona 5

Film

  • The Oracle (1953 film), or The Horse's Mouth, a British comedy film
  • The Oracle (1985 film), an American horror film
  • Oracle (film), a 2023 American horror thriller film

Television

  • ORACLE (teletext), a British teletext service
  • The Oracle (TV series), a 1979 Australian drama series

Episodes

  • "An Oracle", Japan Sinks: 2020 episode 6 (2020)
  • "Oracle", Endeavour season 7, episode 1 (2020)
  • "Oracle", Sea of Souls series 3, episode 2 (2006)
  • "Oracle", Smallville season 5, episode 21 (2006)
  • "Oracle", Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord episode 4 (1997)
  • "The Oracle", Adventures of the Gummi Bears season 1, episode 5a (1985)
  • "The Oracle", Blue Dragon season 2, episode 14 (2008)
  • "The Oracle", Dr. Kildare season 3, episode 13 (1963)
  • "The Oracle", MythQuest episode 8 (2001)
  • "The Oracle", The Amazing World of Gumball season 3, episode 31 (2015)
  • "The Oracle", Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors episode 59 (1985)

Literature

  • Oracle, a 2010 novel by Jackie French
  • "Oracle", a short story by Greg Egan, 2000
  • The Oracle (novel), by Catherine Fisher, 2003
  • The Oracle (University of South Florida), a student newspaper
  • The Oracle (magazine), a defunct role-playing games magazine
  • The Oracle, a 1951 novel by Edwin O'Connor
  • The Oracle, a student newspaper of Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
  • The Oracle, a student newspaper of Stratford High School (Houston), Texas, U.S.
  • The Oracles, a 1955 comic novel by Margaret Kennedy
  • ORA:CLE, a 1984 novel by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.
  • San Francisco Oracle, a 1960s underground newspaper

Music

  • Oracles (band), a Belgian melodic death metal band
  • Oracle (Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner album), 1993
  • Oracle (Kittie album), 2001
  • Oracle (Michael Hedges album), 1996
  • Oracle (EP), by Sunn O))), 2007
  • Oracles (album), by Fleshgod Apocalypse, 2009
  • The Oracle (Cindy Blackman album), 1995
  • The Oracle (Dark Sermon album), 2015
  • The Oracle (Godsmack album), 2010
  • The Oracle (Hank Jones album), 1989
  • "The Oracle", a 2012 composition by Tony Banks
  • "Oracle", a 2013 song by Scale the Summit
  • "Oracle", a 2016 song by Timmy Trumpet

Computing

  • Oracle Corporation, a multinational computer technology company
  • Oracle Database, a database management system
  • ORACLE (computer), an early computer
  • Oracle machine, or oracle, in complexity theory and computability theory
  • Blockchain oracle, a service that connects smart contracts with the outside world

Places

  • Oracle, Arizona, U.S.
  • Oracle (workhouse), in Reading, England
  • Oracle Arena, now Oakland Arena, in Oakland, California, U.S.
  • The Oracle, Queensland, Australia, an apartment development
  • The Oracle, Reading, England, a shopping mall

Other uses

  • Oracle (rocket), model rocket for aerial photography
  • Oracle Team USA, an American yacht racing syndicate
  • Internet Oracle, a collaborative humor website
  • Oracle bone script, an ancient form of Chinese characters
  • The Oracle (Fisher Towers), a sandstone tower in Utah, USA

See also

  • Auricle (disambiguation)
  • Divination, the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual
  • Revelation, the revealing of knowledge through communication with a deity or supernatural entity
  • Fortune-telling, the practice of predicting information about a person's life
  • Omen, a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future
  • Urim and Thummim in Judaism, a set of two objects used by the high priest to answer a question or reveal the will of God