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scapulimancy, scapulomancy, spealomancy (s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by observing charred or cracked shoulder blades or markings on the shoulder bone of an animal, especially a sheep: The practice of scapulimancy; that is, divination through the appearance of the shoulder-blade of an animal, which may or may not have been subjected to scorching, is among the most ancient methods of fortune-telling in Eurasia and among other widespread regions of the world.

Oracle bones were in use in the China of Shang-Yin dynasty and the practice has persisted in Mongolia up to very recently and probably still exists.

Methods of using bones for fortune-telling are recorded from areas as far removed culturally and geographically as early China and Greece.

—"Confronting the Supernatural: Mongolian Traditional Ways and Means";
Collected Papers; Harrassowitz Verlag; Wiesbaden, Germany; 1994; page 113.
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