The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[MCC]

No, not a magician.

And not Hell. Hell is a place not an occupation.


MCC

[jimbob]

Molten lead...

Reading news...

Could it be caster?

[emm]

Or a diviner / dowser

outside, I read the news

MCC he speak with forked tongue

[udosuk]

Wizard/Alchemist?

[MCC]

Not a: Caster or Diviner or Dowser or Wizard or Alchemist.

Inside they cannot be read, outside they can. A bit messy through.


MCC

[underquark]

Entrails? Can't read them when they're in the chicken but you can "read" them once they're out.

[emm]

Anthropomancy - divination using human entrails and Ichthyomancy using fish ... or how about this Aruspicy - prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice... (underquark's sausage with sauce might have been quite aruspicy)... but don't forget the bleigiessen - molybdomancy - divination by dropping metal into water and all the references to hands - are you a palm reader?

Could some of these apply for the position of acceptable alternative answers?

[MCC]

Entrails? Can't read them when they're in the chicken but you can "read" them once they're out.

Entrails it is, I wasn't particularly going with chickens but with sheep.

Also, I was going with animals entrails rather than human entrails, but then again, entrails is entrails, so I will have to award the prize to Emm with:
Anthropomancy; Ichthyomancy or Aruspicy.

And a bonus prize for Underquark for showing Emm the way.

Molybdomancy doesn't quite fit the bill.

Now you know the area to look, see if you can get the word/words I was after.


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[underquark]

Also, I was going with animals entrails rather than human entrails, but then again, entrails is entrails

'Ow very umble of you.

[MCC]

Umbles - The edible offal of deer etc.

[lunababy_moonchild]

It's either

Antinopomancy - Divining by entrails of women or children
Extispicy - divination by examining entrails
Haruspexopy - divination by examining the entrails of sheep, swine & oxen

All of which has got to be illegal.

Luna

[MCC]

Haruspex or the plural haruspices was what I was after or extispicy.

A more modern day approach to haruspex is the practice of ooscopy - the study of the insides of an egg.


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[lunababy_moonchild]

Well, that's my mind broadened for the day.

Thanks very much that was extremely entertaining

Luna

[underquark]

Well, that's my mind broadened for the day.

Thanks very much that was extremely entertaining

Luna

I'm sure you meant to say eggstremely entrailtaining but just didn't have the guts

[lunababy_moonchild]

I'm sure you meant to say eggstremely entrailtaining but just didn't have the guts

Yes, I did

Luna