More unusual divinations and magics! Really, I just want to see someone use these. Or at least one of these.
Just make sure you're not doing a
moromancy (a foolish divination) or a
pseudomancy (a false or fake divination.)
ichnomancy - ( )
Divination using footprints
ichthyomancy - ( )
Divination or magic involving fish
iconomancy - ( )
Divination using icons
idolomancy - ( )
Divination using idols
keraunoscopia - ( )
Divination using thunder
knissomancy - ( )
Divination using burning incense
lithomancy - ( )
Divination by stones
logomancy - ( )
Divination by words or by speech
macromancy - ( )
Divination by studying the largest object in the area
maculomancy - ( )
Divination by spots
margaritomancy - ( )
Divination using pearls
mathemancy - ( )
Divination using mathematics
meconomancy - ( )
Divination by sleep or magic using sleep
meteoromancy - ( )
Divination using meteors
metopomancy - ( )
Divination using a person's forehead
micromancy - ( )
Divination by studying the smallest object in the area
narcomancy - ( )
Divination by sleep or magic using sleep
necromancy - ( )
Divination using black magic or the dead
necyomancy - ( )
Divination involving summoning the devil
odontomancy - ( )
Divination using teeth
oenomancy - ( )
Divination by wine
omoplatoscopy - ( )
Divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire
oneiromancy - ( )
Divination by dreams, or interpreting dreams
onimancy - ( )
Divination using fingernails
onomancy - ( )
Divination using a name or the letters in a name
onychomancy - ( )
Divination using fingernails
oomancy - ( )
Divination or magic using eggs
ophiomancy - ( )
Divination by snakes or serpents
ornithomancy - ( )
Divination using birds' flight and cries
oryctomancy - ( )
Divination by studying excavated objects
ossomancy - ( )
Divination using bones
osteomancy - ( )
Divination using bones
pegomancy - ( )
Fortunetelling using the bubbles in a fountain
pessomancy - ( )
Divination using stones or rocks
phyllomancy - ( )
Magic using leaves or foretelling one's future from leaves
physiognomancy - ( )
Divination using a person's face
psephomancy - ( )
Divination by drawing marked stones from a container
psychomancy - ( )
Divination by talking to the dead
pyromancy - ( )
Divination using fire or magic involving fire
rhabdomancy - ( )
Divination using a stick or rod, such as dowsing for water
rhapsodomancy - ( )
The art of predicting the future using poetry
scapulimancy - ( )
Divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire
scatomancy - ( )
Magic or divination using excrement
schematomancy - ( )
Divination using the appearance of people
sciomancy - ( )
Divination by talking to the dead
selenomancy - ( )
Divination using the moon
sideromancy - ( )
1 Foretelling the future by studying the stars
sideromancy - ( )
2. Divination using straw burned on hot metal
spasmatomancy - ( )
Divination using convulsions or twitching of one's limbs
spatilomancy - ( )
Divination using animal droppings
spatulamancy - ( )
Divination involving the shoulder blades of animals
spheromancy - ( )
Divination using a crystal sphere
spodomancy - ( )
Divination using ashes
stichomancy - ( )
Divination using random lines from a book or the Bible
sycomancy - ( )
Divination using figs
theomancy - ( )
Using gods or oracles to foretell the future
theriomancy - ( )
Divination using animals or their movement
topomancy - ( )
Divination using the shape of the land
trochomancy - ( )
Divination by studying wheel tracks
tyromancy - ( )
Divination or magic using cheese
uranomancy - ( )
Divination by consulting the heavens
urimancy - ( )
Magic or fortunetelling using urine
xenomancy - ( )
Divination by using the first stranger to be found
xylomancy - ( )
Divination using a piece of wood or magic using wood
I've seen
-mancy added to many words to pertain to magic as well as divination. Necromancy, for example, is the well-known school of magic of villains everywhere (and occasionally heroes, as well, depending on the story...)
Tell me about the unusual magic
your characters use.
Urimancy? Really? -_-*
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ReplyDeleteI don't want to know about that one.