Chiromancy
81Omphalomancy — is a method of divination meant to determine how many children a mother may have during her lifetime, based on the belief that the shape of the navel can reveal this information.Alternatively known as Omphilomancy.[1][2] This is most commonly… …
82Crithomancy — Occult portal Crithomancy (also known as Critomancy) is a form of divination by the study of barley cakes[1] in hope of drawing omens from them. The paste of cakes …
83Chronomancy — is divination of the best time to do something, the determination of lucky and unlucky days, especially popular in ancient China.[citation needed] The term chronomancy , stemming from the Greek word chronos (meaning time), and the word manteia… …
84Merindinlogun — A throw of merindinlogun, resulting in four open shells (odù irosun). Merindinlogun (from the Yoruba mẹrindínlógún sixteen , literally four taken from twenty ) is a cowrie shell divination method practiced in the Yoruba religion, and of several… …
85Directorium Inquisitorum — The Directorium Inquisitorum is Nicholas Eymerich s most prominent and enduring work, which he had composed as early as 1376. Eymerich had written an earlier treatise on sorcery, perhaps as early as 1359, which he extensively reworked into the… …
86Nggàm — is a type of divination that originated among the Mambila people of Cameroon and Niger, in which the actions of spiders or crabs are interpreted by the diviner. External links Mambila spider divination …
87Molybdomancy — is a technique of divination using molten metal. Typically molten lead or tin is dropped into water. The method was invented in ancient Greece,[1] and today it is a common New Year tradition in the Nordic countries and Germany. Classically, tin… …
88Margaritomancy — is divination with pearls, usually by either casting pearls or studying pearls in oysters. The word is derived from the Latin margarita, meaning pearl. One ancient use of margaritomancy involved throwing a pearl into a cast iron pot that was… …
89Dōbutsu uranai — (動物占い in Japanese) or zoological fortune telling is a recent Japanese divination trend based on an animal horoscope. Each person is categorized into an animal type based on their birthdate, and based on their animal type they are supposed to have …
90Sternomancy — Sternomancy, from the Greek sternon (chest) is a divination practice involving reading the markings or bumps on the chest or breast bone (or the area from the breast to the belly , according to some sources). Sternomancy may have been commonly… …
