She took the apparition as a portent of death. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is a portent of doom. Some astrologers interpreted the event as a portent of plague and famine. Mintaka was seen by astrologers as a portent of good fortune. They are feared by some people as a portent of death. Admetus interpreted it a portent of an early death. Certain cultures consider multiple births a portent of either good or evil. Its appearance was regarded as a portent of death. A portent tells Dionysus that Ampelus will die and become a vine. Their coming is generally seen as a death portent. Capella was seen as a portent of rain in classical times. But Cooke's "marriage banns" were a portent of the future.