Explore: Divination In Literature

and professional provenance: cult and lay musical practices (Shijing), divination (Yi jing, Guicang and Lianshan), astronomy, ritual (Etiquette and Ceremonial)

Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that

Akkadian literature is the ancient literature written in the East Semitic Akkadian language (Assyrian and Babylonian dialects) in Mesopotamia (Akkadian

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice. Using various methods throughout history,

Greek divination is the divination practiced by ancient Greek culture as it is known from ancient Greek literature, supplemented by epigraphic and pictorial

African divination is divination practiced by cultures of Africa. Divination is an attempt to form, and possess, an understanding of reality in the present

ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou

Ergodic literature is a genre of literature in which nontrivial effort is required for the reader to traverse the text. The term was coined by Espen J

Mesopotamian divination was divination within the Mesopotamian period. Perceptual elements utilized in the practice of a divinatory technique included

Mayan literature was often religious in nature, including information on religious practices, divination, and the gods. Much of this literature was later