BELOMANCY

Belomancy is a form of divination using arrows.

Belomancy was anciently practised at least by Babylonians, Greeks, Arabs and Scythians.

One method involved throwing the arrows in the air, the point in which the arrows inclined pointed out the direction to be taken. The arrows were typically marked with occult symbols and had to have feathers for every method. In one method, different possible answers to a given question were written and tied to each arrow. For example, three arrows would be marked with the phrases, God orders it me, God forbids it me, and the third would be blank. The arrow that flew the furthest indicated the answer. Another method involves the same thing, but without shooting the arrows. They would simply be shuffled in the quiver, worn preferably on the back, and the first arrow to be drawn indicated the answer. If a blank arrow was drawn, they would redraw.

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