- manteía, 'prophecy')
ossomancy → see
osteomancy (Latin os [oss-], 'bone' + Gr**** manteía, 'prophecy')
osteomancy: by
bones (Gr**** osteon, 'bone' + manteía...
-
Daphnomancy (also
called empyromancy):
divination by
burning laurel leaves Osteomancy:
divination using bones, one type of
which involves heating to produce...
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plastromancy (similar
divination using plastrons). However, the term
osteomancy might be more appropriate,
referring to
divination using bones. Many archaeological...
- of bone:
Divination techniques closely related to
spodomancy include osteomancy (divination
using bones,
particularly that
practice which heats them to...
-
divination practices including the
throwing of
bones of wild
animals (
osteomancy) and also
consultation of
special books.
Among the Hamar, a
diviner throws...
- In its
broader sense, it also
includes the
interpretation of
bones (
osteomancy), dreams, and even
objects ****ociated with the animal, such as horseshoes...
