Eclipses have been interpreted as omens, or portents. They also interpreted omens, prodigies and portents, and formulated their expiation. Such sightings throughout history often were treated as supernatural portents, angels, or other religious omens. Omens and portents, he believed, are the natural symptoms of certain occurrences. Quintus offers various accounts of the different kinds of omens, dreams, portents, and divinations. Under him many portents happened and a great pestilence occurred. Many villagers believed that the yellow droppings were portents of imminent earthquake activity. Thus, with a subtitle of "Portents & Prodigies", "Fortean Times" was born. So king Cecrops sent to inquire of Apollo at Delphi what these portents might signify. Paris placed great importance on the coverage of portents and marvels. Ultimately the entire family were transformed into birds and more specifically ill portents for mankind. Book XI covers human beings, portents and transformations. The second edition of "AoS" was released in 2018 following the "Malign Portents" event. Cooper reveals to his boss, Cole, of the portents of a strange dream. Amberites visit the ghost city to seek insights and portents of the future.