Futomani
Sign in to savethumb|alt=Kiboku and Futomani|Kiboku and Futomani is a traditional Shinto system of divination. Practitioners attempt to foresee future events by interpreting the pattern of cracks made by heating the shoulder-blade of a stag. The practice is thought to predate the introduction of divination by tortoiseshell, which was imported from China; archaeological evidence suggests it originated as early as the Jōmon period.
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Vinony files it under Divination, Japanese folk religion and Shinto.
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thumb|alt=Kiboku and Futomani|Kiboku and Futomani is a traditional Shinto system of divination. Practitioners attempt to foresee future events by interpreting the pattern of cracks made by heating the shoulder-blade of a stag. The practice is thought to predate the introduction of divination by tortoiseshell, which was imported from China; archaeological evidence suggests it originated as early as the Jōmon period.
The kami most commonly associated with Futomani is , also-known-as , a special Kami of divination.
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