The Oracle

## The Oracleالعرافة

**The Oracle** is a spirit and a supporting character of Disney's 1996 sequel, *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*. An Egyptian spirit inside a mysterious staff, she sets Aladdin off on a quest to find his lost father when he asks about whatever happened to him.

## Background

### Personality

Apparently all-knowing, she is capable of answering any question. However, the Oracle is bound by one rule: One question, one answer.

In her words, every person may ask her a single question and be answered. Afterwards, the Oracle cannot answer a question to the same person. She refuses to break this rule to Iago, but is more apologetic to Aladdin.

The questions the Oracle answers do not have to be directly at her, as shown when Iago wondered out loud ("VERY loud", as noted by Genie) why the King of Thieves had wanted the scepter which houses the Oracle's spirit when there were other seemingly more valuable treasures to steal. Since she heard the question, and as it was indirectly about her, the Oracle declared, "Your question is mine to answer!"

Otherwise, one in possession of the Oracle's scepter can summon her and then ask their question directly to her, as shown when Aladdin did so. In this instance, when he asked where his father was, the Oracle told him how to "Follow the trail of the Forty Thieves".

She can also provide a single additional piece of information regarding the answer. Like when she warned Aladdin that his father was trapped within the world of the forty thieves (and what she meant was Cassim was trapped by his own greedy ambitions rather than an actual prisoner), she also showed the forty thieves the way to The Vanishing Isle when all Cassim asked was where the Hand of Midas was.

Although she was not asked, the Oracle revealed to Aladdin that his father was still alive of her own accord after Aladdin expressed having no one during his childhood. It is uncertain why she offered this knowledge to him, though it may simply have been sympathy.

## Gallery

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