Alectromancy (or Alectryomancy)
An ancient divinatory for that utilized a cock. When practicing this divination a circle which was divided into as many parts as there were in the alphabet was drawn in a closed place.
ALECTRYOMANCY is divination whereby a bird is allowed to pick corn grains from a circle of letters. A variation is to recite letters of the alphabet noting those at which a cock crows.
Also Alectryomancy and Alectormancy. Derived from the Greek alectruon ('cock') and manteia ('divination'), ...
 See also: Grain, Divination, Spell, Sun, Moon
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