foreshowing

The grass was dry and bleached after an almost rainless autumn, but the sky was overcast and heavy with the foreshowing of change.

This, it is said, was a sign of Turin Turambar, who should come into the world, and a foreshowing of the Last Battle that shall be at the end of Days.

It was also stated at this stage that when Varda set the constellation of Menelmacar, she intended it to be "a sign of Túrin Turambar" and "a foreshowing of the Last Battle."