Harry Potter character
Professor Trelawney, depicted by Emma Thompson, addresses her third-year class in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sibyll Trelawney
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Black or Brown / Dark
Eye colour	Unknown
House	Unknown
Parentage	Unknown
Loyalty	The Fates, Albus Dumbledore
Film portrayer	Emma Thompson
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sibyll Patricia Trelawney (Sybill Patricia Trelawney in Britain and Canada) is a fictional character who appears in J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter novels. She is great-great-granddaughter of the celebrated seer Cassandra Trelawney, named for Cassandra of Greek mythology. Despite Sibyll's relentless comparisons to Cassandra, she does not live up to her ancestor, having made only two correct prophecies. Sybill was played by Emma Thompson in the third film. Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London) is an Academy Award-winning British actress. ... Starring Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Produced by Michael Barnathan et al. ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ... Destiny or Fate concerns the fixed natural order of the universe. ... Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London) is an Academy Award-winning British actress. ... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series of childrens books by J. K. Rowling. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Painting by Evelyn De Morgan In Greek mythology, Cassandra (she who entangles men) (also known as Alexandra) was a daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba, who captured the eye of Apollo and so was given the ability to see the future. ... Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London) is an Academy Award-winning British actress. ...

Trelawney is professor of Divination at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger believe Trelawney is a fraud, with which the teachers (particularly Professor Minerva McGonagall) are inclined to agree. Trelawney's tendency to predict the death of one of her students over and over each year, although such predictions have never been known to come to pass, certainly does not help her credibility as a seer much. Trelawney dons many gauzy bangles, cloaks and shawls, all covered with shining sequins. She also wears thick glasses, which cause her eyes to appear about ten times their normal size. She talks in ethereal and misty tones. Spoiler warning: The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional magic school that is the main setting of the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series. ... Harry James Potter (born July 31, 1980)[1], the only son of James Potter and Lily Potter, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Harry Potter series. ... Ronald Ron Bilius Weasley (born March 1, 1980) is a fictional character in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of childrens books. ... Hermione Jane Granger (born September 19, 1979) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books. ... Minerva McGonagall (born October 4, ca. ...

Rowling has often stated that she does not believe in magic, and doesn't intend that her readers should believe in it either. She has hinted that the portrayal of Trelawney (a mystic and fortune-teller, perhaps the kind of "magic" that children are most likely to come across) as something of an ineffectual old fraud may be related to this.

In Harry's third year (his first in Divination), Trelawney predicted Harry's death. Every class thereafter, she continued to insinuate that Harry's death could come at any time, to Harry and his friends' irritation. Eventually, due to this and other factors (such as high stress levels), Hermione dropped the class. Harry and Ron have continued their Divination studies.

The name "Sibyll" is a reference to the Sibyls of ancient Greece, who were oracles that made cryptic predictions about the future which often could not be understood until they had already come to pass. The name "Trelawney" could be a reference to a cry of defiance often heard in the West Country, where Rowling grew up: Pronunciation: sib-ul The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. ... The West Country is an informal area of southwestern England, roughly corresponding to the administrative region South West England. ...

"And shall Trelawney live? And shall Trelawney die? Here's ten thousand Cornishmen will ask the reason why!"

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Alternately, it may be a reference to "Dr. Trelawney", a minor character from A Dance to the Music of Time, a series of novels by Anthony Powell. Dr. Trelawney is a mystic and seer, sort of like a low-rent version of Aleister Crowley. A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve volume roman à clef by Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975. ... Anthony Dymoke Powell (December 21, 1905 - March 28, 2000) is a writer most remembered for his A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy published between 1951 and 1975. ... Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was a British chess master, mountain climber, poet, writer, painter, social critic, occultist, mystic, astrologer, sexual revolutionary, and drug addict. ...

Trelawney has been at Hogwarts since 1979 (sixteen years at the end of Harry's fifth year) and has made only two real predictions. Both of them involve Lord Voldemort. The first prediction, made shortly before starting her teaching post at Hogwarts, is: Fans have created a timeline of the Harry Potter series from one shred of information in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... Lord Voldemort (born December 31, 1927) is a fictional character and the archvillain in the Harry Potter series. ...

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

A drawing of Professor Trelawney.

This prediction is believed to refer to Voldemort ("the Dark Lord") and Harry Potter (who was born on July 31). At the time of its prophesying, it could have also applied to Neville Longbottom (born July 30). Part of the prediction has already come to pass on the night of October 31 1981, when Potter stripped Lord Voldemort of his powers by surviving the Avada Kedavra curse (the killing curse). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (493x1284, 124 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (493x1284, 124 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... Neville Longbottom (born July 30, 1980)[1] is a fictional character in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Fans have created a timeline of the Harry Potter series from one shred of information in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... In the magical world of the Harry Potter series of fictional novels, many spells are used by the characters. ...

The prophecy as interpreted by Dumbledore to Harry at the end of his fifth year would read: "Someone (Harry or Neville) with the power to vanquish Voldemort is coming...born to those who have defied Voldemort three times (the Potters or the Longbottoms), born at the end of July...and Voldemort will attempt to kill Harry, but Harry will unexpectedly survive...either Harry or Voldemort must by killed by the other because one of them must die...Harry will be born at the end of July..." Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Born c. ... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2003 book, the fifth book in the Harry Potter series of childrens books by J. K. Rowling. ...

This interpretation may not be entirely correct—"the one" is described twice but may not be the same in both cases (Neville may have a role to play yet) and the phrase regarding who lives and who dies is not entirely clear and may not mean what it appears to. This prophecy was overheard by Severus Snape. Spoiler warning: Severus Snape (born January 9, circa 1960) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

The second prediction is:

"It will happen tonight. The Dark Lord lies alone and friendless, abandoned by his followers. His servant has been chained these twelve years. Tonight, before midnight... the servant will break free and set out to rejoin his master. The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever he was. Tonight... before midnight...the servant...will set out...to rejoin...his master...."

This prophecy came to pass when Peter Pettigrew's true identity was revealed and he escaped to nurse Voldemort back to health. This prophecy may also refer to the breakout of Barty Crouch Jr. from Azkaban. Peter Pettigrew is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Bartemius Barty Crouch Junior is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series of books. ... Azkaban is the fictional wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...

In 1996, Professor Trelawney was put on probation by Dolores Umbridge, Hogwarts High Inquisitor. This led to her becoming increasingly paranoid and obsessed that Umbridge was haunting her. Her fears grew to the extent that she actually turned to drink, and was always seen drunk with a bottle of sherry in her hand. Eventually, she was sacked by Umbridge, who, in her great dislike for Trelawney, almost threw her bodily from the castle, ignoring the fact that Trelawney was in paroxysms of grief over her dismissal. Before she could be chased off the premises, Dumbledore came to her aid and insisted that she stay at Hogwarts, as Umbridge did not have the authority to order Trelawney off campus. She was replaced by a centaur named Firenze. However, after Umbridge was removed by a group of centaurs and was returned to the Ministry of Magic, Trelawney was reinstated, though Firenze would also continue teaching Divination. Fans have created a timeline of the Harry Potter series from one shred of information in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... Dolores Jane Umbridge is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling. ... Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a race part human and part horse, with a horses body and a human head and torso. ... Firenze is the name of a centaur recurrent in the Harry Potter series, written by J. K. Rowling. ... In J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of novels, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain, succeeding the earlier Wizards Council. ...