aleuromancy
Sign in to savethumb|Unsifted wheat flour Aleuromancy is the use of flour for divination. The word comes from the Greek aleuron, meaning flour, and manteia, meaning divination.
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It is catalogued under the topic Divination.
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thumb|Unsifted wheat flour Aleuromancy is the use of flour for divination. The word comes from the Greek aleuron, meaning flour, and manteia, meaning divination.
== Description== Divination with flour is attested in cuneiform tablets from the 2nd millennium BCE. Flour was poured out in small heaps and the interpretation was based on the observation of their shapes and orientation.
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