scapulimancy 的詞源

肩胛骨放入火中占卜，1871年，由 scapula + -mancy “占卜”的組合形式組成。相關詞彙： Scapulimantic。

With haruspication may be classed the art of divining by bones, as where North American Indians would put in the fire a certain flat bone of a porcupine, and judge from its colour if the porcupine-hunt would be successful. The principal art of this kind is divination by a shoulder-blade, technically called scapulimancy or omoplatoscopy. This is especially found in vogue in Tartary, where it is ancient, and whence it may have spread into all other countries where we hear of it. [Edward B. Tylor, "Primitive Culture," 1871]

與肝臟占卜相似的是，通過骨頭占卜的藝術，例如北美印第安人會將豪豬的某個扁平骨頭放入火中，從其顏色判斷豪豬狩獵是否成功。這種占卜的主要藝術是通過肩胛骨占卜，技術上稱爲肩胛骨占卜或肩胛骨觀察。這在塔塔爾地區尤其流行，是古老的，可能已經傳播到我們聽說過的所有其他國家。[愛德華·B·泰勒，《原始文化》，1871年]