Dinosaurs of divination
alectryomancy - cocks pecking at grains
aleuromancy - meal or flour
alphitomancy - barley-meal mixed with wheat
anthracomancy - burning coals
armomancy - shoulders of beasts
astragalomancy - dice or huckle-bones
austromancy - wind
axinomancy - an axe-head
belomancy - arrows
bibliomancy - verses of the Bible
botanomancy - plants
capnomancy - smoke
catoptromancy - a mirror
cephalomancy - a head
ceromancy - molten wax dropped in water
chaomancy - the atmosphere
cleidomancy - a key tied to the bible
cleromancy - by chance, using dice or stones
coscinomancy - turning a sieve held by shears
crithomancy - barley-corn
dactyliomancy - rings worn on fingers
daphnomancy - laurel tree
gyromancy - walking in circles until dizzy
halomancy - salt
ichthyomancy - heads or entrails of fish
lecanomancy - water in a basin
machaeromancy - knives or swords
molybdomancy - molten lead
myomancy - movements of mice
pyromancy - fire
rhapsodomancy - lines of poetry
scapulimancy - burnt shoulder-blades
scatomancy - faeces
sciomancy - communication with the dead
scyphomancy - a cup
sideromancy - burning straws on red-hot iron
spodomancy - ashes
sycomancy - figs or fig-leaves
theriomancy - movements of animals
tyromancy - coagulation of cheese
urinomancy - urine
zoomancy - actions of animals
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