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- Astragalomancy abstract "Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters and numbers.Originally, as with dice games, the \"dice\" were quadruped knucklebones or other small bones. Marked astragali of sheep and goats are common at Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeological sites, particularly at funeral and religious locations. For example, marked astragali have been found near the altar of Aphrodite Ourania in Athens, Greece, suggesting astragalomancy was performed near the altar after about 500 BC.Also known as cleromancy, the use of contacting the divine truth with random castings of dice or bones is a practice that stretches back before recorded history. The Metropolitan Museum of Art shows bone \"dice\" used by the Shona people of Africa. These are called Hakata. They have been in use for thousands of years, and remain extant.Being that astragalomancy is a form of sortition, numbers are scrawled into the dice; the numbers are associated with letters, thus bearing on the questions of the diviner. The diviner then casts the dice, resulting with a random sequence of numbers. This sequence is to be interpreted by the diviner with regards to certain rules, which are usually specific to his/her religion (e.g. Buddhism).Astragalomancy is considered the twin of Pessomancy (also known as Psephomancy), which is another act of divination that uses colored or marked pebbles as opposed to numbered dice. These pebbles are either thrown out of a bag after shuffling or drawn from the bag at random. The interpretation of the colors or symbols relate to issues such as health, communications, success, and travel.".
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- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Category:Archaeological_artefact_types.
- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Category:Divination.
- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Dalai_Lama.
- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Divination.
- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Knucklebones.
- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.
- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Mo_(divination).
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- Astragalomancy wikiPageWikiLink Sortition.
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- Astragalomancy subject Category:Archaeological_artefact_types.
- Astragalomancy subject Category:Divination.
- Astragalomancy hypernym Form.
- Astragalomancy type Type.
- Astragalomancy type Artifact.
- Astragalomancy type Type.
- Astragalomancy comment "Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters and numbers.Originally, as with dice games, the \"dice\" were quadruped knucklebones or other small bones. Marked astragali of sheep and goats are common at Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeological sites, particularly at funeral and religious locations.".
- Astragalomancy label "Astragalomancy".
- Astragalomancy sameAs Q583853.
- Astragalomancy sameAs Αστραγαλομαντεία.
- Astragalomancy sameAs Astragalomancia.
- Astragalomancy sameAs Astragalomanzia.
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- Astragalomancy sameAs Астрагаломантия.
- Astragalomancy sameAs Q583853.
- Astragalomancy wasDerivedFrom Astragalomancy?oldid=689752554.
- Astragalomancy isPrimaryTopicOf Astragalomancy.