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macharomancy

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  • machæromancy
  • machairomancy

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Ancient Greek [Term?] (“dagger”) +‎ -mancy

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macharomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.
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Macharomancy

出典:『Wikipedia』 (2009/08/05 16:02 UTC 版)

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Macharomancy (Greek makhaira, a short sword or a dagger, and manteia, prophecy; alternative spellings are machæromancy, machairomancy) is a form of divination by interpreting knives, daggers or swords, one of many methods of divination based on the use of weapons (cf belomancy – by arrows, axinomancy – by axes, and other).

There are different methods of macharomancy. Throughout the ages readers gazed into polished knives, daggers or sword blades, interpreted daggers flying and spinning, etc.

One of the most popular methods of macharomancy consists of placing a dagger in the center of the circle with letters and numbers. Spirits are then asked a question, and a dagger is spun. Each time it stops, a reader writes downs a letter or a number the blade points to. Spinning is repeated until the answer is spelled out, usually scambled or in an ancient language such as Latin or Greek.

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