cephalomancy

English

Alternative forms

• cephaleonomancy
• cephalonomancy
• kephalomancy
• kephalonomancy

Etymology

From cephalo- +‎ -mancy.

Noun

cephalomancy (uncountable)

1. Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.
   • 1931, Lock tr. de Givry, Picture Museum of Sorcery:

     Cephalomancy was divination by a donkey's head […]

See also

• phrenology