Taneal, a prophetess-like child featured in the previous collection, brings them a hammer by which to break their shackles while she tries to break the bars of their cell.
Renowned amongst her people for her seeing into the future and communicating with the ancestors, she was recognized instantly as a prophetess.
She described herself as a witch and prophetess.
Her devotion to reading reflects her traditional status as the piously repentant harlot, as well as a prophetess or seer.
As a prophetess of renowned repute, her reputation has not flagged on this occasion.
I am not sure whether she was a mythical prophetess or not.
Eliot, a prophetess, also encourages an alternative future by asking her readers to share a vision of domestic sentiment, even as she concedes the human, individual basis for that vision.
