Kephalonomancy, Divination with an Animal Head
Kephalonomancie (from Greek kephalē ‘head’ and manteia ‘divination’) was a form of divination practiced by using the cooked head of an animal, typically a donkey or goat. The practice was common among Germanic peoples and Lombards. Martin Delrio, a 16th-century Jesuit demonologist, suggested that this practice might be connected to accusations against early Christians of … Read more