Alectryomancy

Alectryomantie, or Alektryomantie ( from the Greek alektor = cock ) denotes the prediction of the future by a bird, usually a chicken or a black hen or a cock fight. The Alectryomantie is known from Africa but also from Greece.

There are two ways to leave the bird to predict the future:

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  • Nevill Drury, Encyclopedia of esoteric knowledge (Munich 1988)
  • Wilhelm Vollmer, Wörtberuch the mythology of all peoples (Stuttgart 1874)
  • Esoteric
  • Mantic
  • Bird in the culture
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