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Tarot -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In the (A native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman conquest) Anglo-Saxon world today, the Tarot is usually seen as a means of (additional info and facts about fortune-telling) fortune-telling. |
 | | The relationship between Tarot cards and playing cards is often said to be unclear, but in fact the history is tolerably well documented. |
 | | They may have evolved by mutation from circular cards used in India to play a wargame called "Chaturanga" ("Four Kings"); some very early decks, including one preserved in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, were circular. |
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