hydromancy

Examples

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• The vessel may reflect knowledge of antique divinatory culture and may even have been used in lecanomantic hydromancy, that is, divination through containers filled with water.

  Academic text (2008)

• Lecanomancy and hydromancy were ancient mantic, or divinatory, techniques with relatively consistent textual traditions until at least the fifteenth century.

  Academic text (2008)

• Eastern Origins of Lecanomancy and Hydromancy

  Academic text (2008)

• The Mechanics of Lecanomancy and Hydromancy

  Academic text (2008)

• Lecanomancy and hydromancy, in particular, were ascribed "Persian" origins by classical and Early Christian authors.

  Academic text (2008)

• "Lecanomancy and hydromancy possessed ancient roots but were alive and well in middle Byzantine Constantinople."

  Academic text (2008)

• She learned about hydromancy and how to interpret the patterns formed by ripples in a pond.

• The fortune teller used hydromancy to give readings, relying on the water's surface to reveal hidden truths.

Synonyms

D

divination

vshydromancy

8 9.9

The act of trying to find the future using magic or signs

focuses specifically on using water patterns rather than broader supernatural methods

L

lecanomancy

vshydromancy

• Archaic

9.9

A way to predict the future by reading patterns in water in a bowl

uses any water or its movements to interpret signs rather than only basin patterns

Surface Forms

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Etymology