scapulimancy 的词源

通过将肩胛骨放入火中观察裂纹进行占卜，这一术语起源于1871年，结合了scapula（肩胛骨）和-mancy（占卜术）。相关词汇有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]

Haruspication（通过动物内脏占卜）可以与骨头占卜艺术归为一类，比如北美印第安人会将某种平坦的豪猪骨放入火中，根据其颜色判断捕猎豪猪是否成功。这类占卜艺术中，肩胛骨占卜（scapulimancy或omoplatoscopy）是主要形式，尤其在塔塔尔地区流行，这里有着悠久的历史，可能是它传播到其他国家的起源地。[爱德华·B·泰勒，《原始文化》，1871年]