astragalomancy

Meaning

Noun

  • Divination by dice made from huckle-bones. They have four flat sides and two round sides which were marked.
  • Divination by throwing astragaloi (see etymology above) onto the pages of a picture book.
  • Simply divination by dice.

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Origin

  • From Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος -mancy.

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