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Innumerable methods of divination can be found around the world, and many cultures practice the same methods under different names. During the Middle Ages, scholars coined terms for many of these methods — some of which had hitherto been unnamed — in Medieval Latin, very often utilizing the suffix ''-mantia'' when the art seemed more mystical (ultimately from Greek ''mantis'', prophet) and the suffix ''-scopia'' when the art seemed more scientific (ultimately from Greek ''skopein'', to observe). Names like ''drimimantia'', ''nigromantia'', and ''horoscopia'' turned up, along with a slew of other esoteric (and distinctly Medieval) "sciences" such as phrenology and physiognomy. Of course, some forms of divination are much older than the Middle Ages, like haruspication, while others (such as megapolisomancy or coffee-based tasseomancy) are born of the 20th and 21st century. ==A== * abacomancy : by dust (Hebrew ''’ābāq'', dust + Greek ''manteia'', prophecy) * acultomancy (also acutomancy): by needles (from ''acutomancy'' below, influenced by Latin ''acūleus'', needle) * acutomancy → see (Latin ''acus'' (), needle + Greek ''manteia'', prophecy) * adromancy → see (from ''idromancy'' below, influenced by ''alomancy'') * adryomancy→ see (metathesis of ''hydromancy'') * aeromancy : by atmospheric conditions (Greek ''āēr'', air + ''manteia'', prophecy) * agalmatomancy : by statues (Greek ''agalma'' (), statue + ''manteia'', prophecy) * aichmomancy : by sharp objects (Greek ''aikhmē'', spearhead + ''manteia'', prophecy) * ailuromancy/aeluromancy → see * alectormancy/alectromancy : by rooster sacrifice (Greek ''alektor'', rooster + ''manteia'', prophecy) * alectryomancy/alectoromancy: by rooster divination → see * aleuromancy¹ : by flour; see also (Greek ''aleuron'', meal + ''manteia'', prophecy) * alomancy/Halomancy (also adromancy): by salt (Greek ''hals'', salt + ''manteia'', prophecy) * alphitomancy: by barley (Greek ''alphis'' (), barley + ''manteia'', prophecy) * alveromancy : by sounds * amathomancy : by sand (Greek ''amathos'', sandy soil + ''manteia'', prophecy) * ambulomancy : by walking (Latin ''ambulāre'', to walk + Greek ''manteia'', prophecy) * amniomancy : by placenta (Greek ''amniōn'', amnion + ''manteia'', prophecy) * anemoscopy/anemomancy : by wind (Greek ''anemos'', wind + ''-skopiā'', observation) * anthomancy : by flowers (Greek ''anthos'', flower + ''manteia'', prophecy) * anthropomancy : by human sacrifice (Greek ''anthrōpos'', human being + ''manteia'', prophecy) * anthroposcopy : by physical appearance (Greek ''anthrōpos'', human being + ''-skopiā'', observation) * anthracomancy : by burning coals (Greek ''anthrax'' (), charcoal + ''manteia'', prophecy) * apantomancy : by chance encounters with animals (Greek ''apantein'', to encounter + ''manteia'', prophecy) * arachnomancy : by spiders (Greek ''arakhnē'', spider + ''manteia'', prophecy) * archeomancy/archaeomancy : by sacred relics (Greek ''arkhaios'', ancient + ''manteia'', prophecy) * ariolation : by altars (Latin ''ariolus'', ''hariolus'', prophet) * arithmancy: assigning numerical value to a word or phrase * armomancy : by one's own shoulders (Latin ''armus'', shoulder + Greek ''manteia'', prophecy) * aruspicina: study of entrails 〔Hobbes, Thomas. ''Leviathan'' (1651). "Lastly, to the Prognostics () have added innumerable other superstitious ways of Divination()...Sometimes in the Entrails of a sacrificed beast; which was Aruspicina..."〕 * aspidomancy : by sitting in a drawn circle (Greek ''aspis'' (), shield + ''manteia'', prophecy) * astragalomancy/astragalamancy → see * astragyromancy → see (from ''astragalomancy'' above, perhaps influenced by Greek ''guros'', spiral, circle, and therefore vertebra) * astrapomancy : by lightning (Greek ''astrapē'', lightning flash + ''manteia'', prophecy) * astrology/astromancy/astroscopy : by celestial bodies (Greek ''astron'', star + ''-logiā'', study) * augury → see * auramancy : by auras (Greek ''aurā'', breath + ''manteia'', prophecy) * auspicy/auspication → see (Latin ''avis'', bird + ''specere'', to look at) * austromancy → see : by wind (Latin ''auster'', south wind + Greek ''manteia'', prophecy) * avimancy → see (Latin ''avis'', bird + Greek ''manteia'', prophecy) * axiomancy/axinomancy : by axes (Latin ''axis'', axis + ''manteia'', prophecy) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「methods of divination」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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