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noun - large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions
noun - the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
ASTRAGALI - Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters or numbers. Originally, as with di...
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Plural form of astragalus. |
A plant of a genus that includes milk vetch. |
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Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters or numbers. * Originally, as with dice games, the "dice" were knucklebones or other small bones of quadrupeds. Marked astragali (talus bones) of sheep and goats are common at Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeological sites, particularly at funeral and religious locations. For example, marked astragali have been found near the altar of Aphrodite Ourania in Athens, Greece, suggesting astragalomancy was performed near the altar after about 500 BC.Also known as cleromancy, the practice of contacting divine truth via random castings of dice or bones stretches back before recorded history. The Metropolitan Museum of Art displayed bone "dice" {hakata) used by the Shona people of southern Africa. * They have been in use for thousands of years, and remain extant.Since astragalomancy is a form of sortition, numbers are scrawled into the dice; the numbers are associated with letters, |