armomancy
nounEtymology From Latin armus (“shoulder blade”) + -mancy.
1
Divination using the shoulder blade of an animal. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, and the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted.
2
Divination through inspecting one's shoulders. In ancient times, this inspection was to see whether a human was a suitable sacrifice to the gods.
- Synonyms
- omoplatoscopy, scapulimancy, scapulomancy, spatulamancy, spealomancy