Belomancy

From LoveToKnow 1911

BELOMANCY (from Gr. 00os, a dart, and µavr€ia, prophecy or divination), a form of divination by means of arrows, practised by the Babylonians, Scythians and other ancient peoples. Nebuchadrezzar (Ezek. xxi. 21) resorted to this practice "when he stood in the parting of the way. .. to use divination: he made his arrows bright."


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