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'''Alphitomancy''' (from {{Langx|el|ἄλφιτον|translit=alphiton|lit=barley}}, and {{Langx|el|μαντεία|translit=manteia|lit=divination|label=none}}) is a form of [[divination]] involving [[barley]] cakes or loaves of barley bread.<ref>{{cite book |first=Georg |last=Luck |authorlink=Georg Luck |title=Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |orig-date=1985 |edition=Reissued |year=2006 |page=495 |isbn=0-8018-8346-6 }}</ref> | '''Alphitomancy''' (from {{Langx|el|ἄλφιτον|translit=alphiton|lit=barley}}, and {{Langx|el|μαντεία|translit=manteia|lit=divination|label=none}}) is a form of [[divination]] involving [[barley]] cakes or loaves of barley bread.<ref>{{cite book |first=Georg |last=Luck |authorlink=Georg Luck |title=Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |orig-date=1985 |edition=Reissued |year=2006 |page=495 |isbn=0-8018-8346-6 }}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:31, 28 September 2025
Alphitomancy (from Template:Langx, and Template:Langx) is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread.[1]
When someone in a group was suspected of a crime, the members of the group would be fed barley cakes or slices of barley bread. Supposedly, the guilty party would get indigestion, while all others would feel well.[2]
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