manteía, 'prophecy') ossomancy → see osteomancy (Latin os [oss-], 'bone' + Greek manteía, 'prophecy') osteomancy: by bones (Greek osteon, 'bone' + manteía...

Daphnomancy (also called empyromancy): divination by burning laurel leaves Osteomancy: divination using bones, one type of which involves heating to produce...

plastromancy (similar divination using plastrons). However, the term osteomancy might be more appropriate, referring to divination using bones. Many archaeological...

xylomancy. 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...

participation of commoners. The form of early Chinese divination was pyro-osteomancy (or pyromancy), which involves burning animal bones. Oracle bone divination...

In its broader sense, it also includes the interpretation of bones (osteomancy), dreams, and even objects associated with the animal, such as horseshoes...