Omphalomancy
As Omphalomantie (from ancient Greek Ομφαλος , navel ' and μαντεία , divination' ) is a form of divination called, in which the midwife from the nodule in the umbilical cord of a newborn predicts the number of children who will give birth to the mother.
literature
- Johann Ferdinand Roth: Omphalomantie . In: Non-profit lexicon for readers of all classes, especially for those who have not studied: or short and clear explanation of the idioms, expressions and artificial words most commonly used in oral conversations and in written essays, in alphabetical order ... Volume 2 : M-Z . Rengersche Buchhandlung, Halle 1807, p. 139 ( books.google.de ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ omphalo-, comb. form In: Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd edition, 1989.
- ↑ Omphalomancy. In: Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia. ( kruenitz1.uni-trier.de ).