Look up: Scapulimancy


  1. scapulimancy
    (from the article `augury`) ...ritual, were atmospheric phenomena (aeromancy), cards (cartomancy), dice or lots (cleromancy), dots and other marks on paper (geomancy), fire and ... ...of sacrificial smoke, the fall of an arrow shot upward, or the cast of dice or lots. A much-used natural-artificial ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/39

  2. scapulimancy
    scapulimancy, scapulomancy, spealomancy Divination by observing charred or cracked shoulder blades or markings on the shoulder bone of an animal (especially a sheep). The practice of scapulimancy; that is, divination through the appearance of the shoulder-blade of an animal, which may or may not ha...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2725/13

  3. Scapulimancy
    Scapulimancy (also spelled scapulomancy and scapulamancy, also termed omoplatoscopy ) is the practice of divination by use of scapulae (shoulder blades). In the context of the oracle bones of ancient China, which chiefly utilized both scapulae and the plastrons of turtle, scapulimancy is sometimes ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapulimancy

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