Cassandra vs Chicken Little

Cassandra

name
  • A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined never to be believed. 

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek. 

  • An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia, United States. 

  • A small borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. 

noun
  • A person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but which turn out to be true. 

Chicken Little

name
  • A children’s fable about a young chicken who, in the traditional version, believes the sky is falling after an acorn hits her head. Also known by other names including The Sky is Falling. 

noun
  • The main character in this story, a hysterical young chicken; (by extension) someone who resembles the character. 

How often have the words Cassandra and Chicken Little occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )