Meaning of molybdomancy | Babel Free

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divination by interpreting shapes formed when molten metal, typically lead or tin, is dropped into water.

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“1727, Bailey, The Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. MOLUBDOMANCY [molybdomanteia of molybdos Lead⟳, and manteia Divination, Gr.] a divining, an observing the motions, Figures, &c. of melted Lead⟳.”

“1931, de Givry, Lock⟳ tr., Picture Museum of Sorcery Molybdomancy was divination by melted lead⟳; drops of it were allowed to fall⟳ into water, and the resulting noises and hissings listened to.”

“The place⟳ of molybdomancy is also to be located in the uncertain border⟳ area between spontaneous and solicited projection.”

“There was a happy group in Tallahassee swapping wives on the basis of molybdomancy.”

“Dropping hot lead⟳ or tin into water was another method occasionally employed by the Etruscans in a version of molybdomancy, much like⟳ ceromancy.”

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