COSCINOMANCY

Coscinomancy is a form of divination that is practised with a sieve and a pair of shears. This form of divination is used to find a thief.

A thread was tied to a sieve by which it was upheld. Or a pair of shears which was held up by two fingers.

The divinator prayed to the Gods for guidence. They repeated the names of those people under suspicion. The sieve or sheares would then swirl around a person or persons name. This person was then thought to be the guilty one.

In the Athenian Oracle it is reffered to as "the trick of the sieve and scissors".

This method of divination was also used to find missing persoms and discover love secrets.

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