10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEPHROMANCY»
Discover the use of
tephromancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tephromancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and ...
TEPHRAMANCY;. TEPHROMANCY. In Sir Thomas Urquhart's The Third Book of
the Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais (London, 1693), he says: “Have you a mind to
have the truth more fully disclosed by tephro- mancy: thou wilt see the ashes ...
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Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
... tasseomancy teeth, odontomancy tephramancy, see tephromancy.
tephromancy, divination by examining the ashes from an altar which have been
blown or thrown up into the air after consumation of the victims of a sacrifice.
theiromancy, ...
3
The works of Rabelais, tr. [by sir T. Urquhart] with ...
By tephromancy ; thou writ see the ashes, thus aloft dispersed, exhibiting thy wife
in a fine posture. By botonomancy ; for the nonce I have some few leaves in
reserve. By sicomancy : O divine art in fig-tree leaves ! By icthyomancy, in ancient
...
... the holes in cheese), sternomancy (divination by means of the “wish-bone” of,
for example, a turkey), libanomancy (reading the smoke of incense), capnomancy
(smoke-reading in general), tephromancy (divination by means of ashes thrown ...
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An Archaeological Dictionary; Or: Classical Antiquities of ...
See Taber'mtlt. TEPHROMANCY, a'.species of divination, performed by writing
the question in ashes upon'a plank, which was afterwards exposed to the air; the
letters which remain ed whole and undisturbcd by the. wind, formed the answer.
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An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Comprehending ...
TEPHROMANCY [^w«uTfij of f ashes, and /t/arrfi •, Gr. divination] divination by
ashes, which was performed in the following manner: they wrote the things they
had a mind to be re- fclv'd about in asties upon a plank or any such thing; and this
...
7
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness ...
... by the sound of, or marks upon the belly. Omphalomancy, by the navel.
Chiromancy, by the hands. Podomancy, by the feet. Onchyomancy, by the nails.
Cephaleonomancy, by asses' heads. Tephromancy, by ashes. Kapnomancy, by
smoke.
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The Demon Dictionary Volume One: Know Your Enemy. Learn His ...
... first words read. stolisomancy Divination by wearing clothes a certain way; for
example, wearing shirts backward to a court hearing to influence the verdict.
tephromancy Divination by writing in ashes. theomancy Divination by oracles
thought ...
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The Death's Head Hellion: Sedonplay, 4824/25 Year of the Dome
What they made of them could be used for tephromancy (a fancy word meaning
divination by examining ashes leftover from a sacrifice). But again, that would be
a waste. Faerieovens certainly weren't intended to kill anyone. Quite the contrary
...
10
Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel
By tephromancy. Thou wilt see theashes thus aloftdispersed exhibiting thy wifein
a fine posture. By botanomancy;for thenonce I havesomefew leaves inreserve. By
sicomancy;O divine art infigtree leaves!By icthiomancy, inancient times so ...
