Oracle bones are pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron which were used in pyromancy – a form of divination – during the Late Shang period (c. 1250 –...

Divination bones (Sotho-Tswana languages: ditaola, isiZulu: amathambo) are pieces of bones and vertebrae, carved ivory dice and cowrie shells used for...

also termed omoplatoscopy or speal bone reading) is the practice of divination by use of scapulae or speal bones (shoulder blades). It is most widely...

official divinations carried out on behalf of the Late Shang royal family. These divinations took the form of scapulimancy where the oracle bones were exposed...

Divination (from Latin divinare 'to foresee, foretell, predict, prophesy, etc.') is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of...

Methods of divination can be found around the world, and many cultures practice the same methods under different names. During the Middle Ages, scholars...

China, with these bones later being referred to as oracle bones. In Japan, turtle shells would also be used as a ritualistic divination technique. In Tibet...

Badimo Sangoma contacting the spirits of the Badimo through divination bones...

not one single technique of casting divination. The practice of casting may be done with small objects, such as bones, cowrie shells, stones, strips of...

"Senkatana's little boy" and Ditaolane comes from the Sotho-Tswana word for divination bones, ditaola, which he was born with in the legends Before Ditaolane was...