Editing Alphitomancy

{{Short description|Form of divination using barley}}
'''Alphitomancy''' (from {{Langx|el|ἄλφιτον|translit=alphiton|lit=barley}}, and {{Langx|el|μαντεία|translit=manteia|lit=divination|label=none}}) is a form of [[divination]] involving [[barley]] cakes or loaves of barley bread.<ref>{{cite book |first=Georg |last=Luck |authorlink=Georg Luck |title=Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |orig-date=1985 |edition=Reissued |year=2006 |page=495 |isbn=0-8018-8346-6 }}</ref>

When someone in a group was suspected of a [[crime]], the members of the group would be fed [[barley cakes]] or slices of [[barley bread]].  Supposedly, the guilty party would get [[indigestion]], while all others would feel well.<ref name=Alphitomancy>{{cite web|title=Alphitomancy|url=http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/a/alphitomancy.html|website=the MYSTICA|accessdate=3 August 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Corsned]]
* [[Alphito]]
* [[Crithomancy]]

==References==
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