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{{Short description|Ancient art of divination by use of arrows}}
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'''Belomancy''', also '''bolomancy''', is the ancient art of [[divination]] by use of [[arrow]]s. The word is built upon {{Langx|grc|βέλος|lit=arrow, dart|translit=belos}}, and {{Lang|grc|μαντεία}}, {{Transliteration|grc|manteia}}, 'divination'. Belomancy  was anciently practiced at least by [[Babylonia]]ns, [[Greeks]], [[Arab]]s and [[Scythians]].

The arrows were typically marked with [[occult]] symbols and had to have feathers for every method. In one method, different possible answers to a given question were written and tied to each arrow. For example, three arrows would be marked with the phrases, ''God orders it me'', ''God forbids it me'', and the third would be blank. The arrow that flew the furthest indicated the answer. Another method involves the same thing, but without shooting the arrows. They would simply be shuffled in the [[quiver]], worn preferably on the back, and the first arrow to be drawn indicated the answer. If a blank arrow was drawn, they would redraw.