armomancy

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• Divination through inspecting one's shoulders. In ancient times, this inspection was to see whether a human was a suitable sacrifice to the gods.

Related

Similar words

• omoplatoscopy
• scapulimancy
• scapulomancy
• spatulamancy
• spealomancy

Origin

• From Latin armus -mancy.