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thumb|Russian folk catoptromancy by Karl Briullov, 1836 Catoptromancy (from Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον katoptron, "mirror," and μαντεία manteia, "divination"), also known as captromancy or enoptromancy, is divination using a mirror.

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  • History
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  • Egypt
  • China
  • India
  • Use in early Europe
  • In popular culture
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thumb|Russian folk catoptromancy by Karl Briullov, 1836 Catoptromancy (from Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον katoptron, "mirror," and μαντεία manteia, "divination"), also known as captromancy or enoptromancy, is divination using a mirror.

== History == ===Greece and Rome=== Pausanias, an ancient Greek traveler, described the practice as follows:

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