, Cameroon, tells the future by interpreting the changes in position of various objects as caused by a fresh-water crab through nggàm[LINK: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Fdtl/Spider/] [1].]] Divination (Greek ???????, from ?????? "seer", anglicized in the suffix -mancy, see also mania) is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency[LINK: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/divination] Definition of divination, either by or on behalf of a querent. If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in

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