1) Divination by use of feathers
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Belomancy, also bolomancy, is the ancient art of divination by use of arrows. The word is built upon Greek βέλος belos, `arrow, dart` and μαντεία manteia `divination.` Belomancy was anciently practised at least by Babylonians, Greeks, Arabs and Scythians. The arrows were typically marked with occult symbols and had to have feathers...
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divination by means of arrows
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• (n.) A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.
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Divination by use of feathers.
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Bel'o·man`cy noun [ Greek
... ;
... arrow +
... a diviner: confer French
bélomancie .] A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.
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Belomancy is divination by means of arrows. Labels are attached to the arrows, and fired by archers. The arrow which lands furthest away has its label read, and the advice upon it acted upon. The practice of belomancy originated with the Greeks and around 1900 was reported as commonplace among the Arabs by Brewer.
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belomancy A method of divination with arrows that dates as far back as the age of the Chaldeans. It existed among the Greeks, and still later among the Arabians. It was an ancient form of divination performed by tossing or balancing arrows. Anothr method involved throwing the arrows in the air, the point at which the arrows inclined pointed out th...
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divination using arrows drawn at random from a quiver or other holder.
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