The Soothsayer

the Soothsayer is the nineteenth album of the series of Cartoon Astérix the Gallic of Rene Goscinny (scenario) and Albert Uderzo (drawing), prépublié in Pilote of No 652 (May 4th, 1972) with No 673 (September 28th, 1972) and published in album in 1972.

original Pulling: : 1300000 specimens

Synopsis

Terrorized by a violent one storm, the inhabitants of the village met in the hut of their chief. The arrival from haughty abroad vêtu of a skin of animal causes general panic first of all. This one claims to be a soothsayer, and benefitting from the credulity of its hosts and of the absence of their druid, quickly takes ascending considerable on the villagers, except for Astérix which remains skeptic. Soon the Romans seek to benefit from the situation.

Comments

a box of the album in which the soothsayer auscultates a fish referred to the Leçon of anatomy of Doctor Tulp, table of Rembrandt.
They are obviously the modern astrologers and other soothsayers whom Goscinny seeks to scratch in this album. For better inserting the nail, the page of explanation on this ancient profession contains a photograph of the contemporary time and a house of dream copied on the real house of Uderzo.

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