Astragalomancy
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Astragalomancy, also known as cubomancy or astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters or numbers. Historically, as with dice games, the "dice" were usually kn
Replica Roman astragali
Astragali used for gaming in Mongolia
EB1911 Greek Art - Greek Drawing of Women Playing at Knucklebones
Cleromancy
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Cleromancy is a form of divination, involving sortition, in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling of dice, but that are sometimes believ
Astragalomancy
…Metropolitan Museum of Art displayed bone "dice" (hakata) used by the Shona people of Southern Africa. Astragalomancy is often considered to be a branch of cleromancy. As 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…
Aaron draws lots to select which of two goats will be the scapegoat. (Leviticus 16:7–10; stained glass from Lincoln Cathedral)