cephalomancy
English
Alternative forms
- cephaleonomancy
- cephalonomancy
- kephalomancy
- kephalonomancy
Etymology
cephalo- + -mancy
Noun
cephalomancy (uncountable)
- Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.
- 1931 Lock tr. de Givry, Picture Museum of Sorcery
- Cephalomancy was divination by a donkey's head […]
- 1931 Lock tr. de Givry, Picture Museum of Sorcery