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scapulimancy
scapulimancy or scapulomancyn (Alternative Belief Systems) divination by way of the cracks of an animal's shoulder-blade that has been heated in a firescapulimancy
scapulimancy Paranormal The use of bones (in particular, the scapula) to divine the future. After feasting on a lamb or kid (immature goat), the animal’s scapula would be held up to the light: a clear view through the flat part of the shoulder blade was interpreted as a sign of success in the next day’s battle. |