Are prophecies a cliche idea themselves, or is it the way that they are presented/used in a story that’s cliche?

Like I’ve got a couple ideas that could be used as a prophecy (and given that they’re originally made by a woman with “future sight”, I guess they kinda are…) but I was gonna treat them more like the book of Revelations in the Bible. Where most people don’t believe that events will unfold exactly as they’re written, and most people don’t believe in them as true, upcoming events either unless they’re super religious, but they’re just kinda accepted as part of the religious text as a whole

Also I was gonna make them into a song format that goes along with a artistic depiction of the events, so most people have forgotten that they’re prophecies and think they’re just a neat historical way to help people remember stuff about their religion easier (like how stained glass windows in churches/cathedrals were to help the uneducated, illiterate masses learn Bible stories because they couldn’t actually read the Latin Bible! :D)

But idk, is that getting too much into the “omg prophecies that basically lay out the entire story’s events in one short paragraph are soooo cliche uggh *rolls eyes and fake gags*”

:V

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