Belomancy vs. Divination — What's the Difference?

Belomancy, also bolomancy, is the ancient art of divination by use of arrows. The word is built upon Greek: βέλος belos, "arrow, dart" and Greek: μαντεία manteia "divination".

Divination (from Latin divinare, 'to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy', related to divinus, 'divine'), or "to be inspired by a god," is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency.

Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.

The art or act of foretelling future events or revealing occult knowledge by means of augury or an alleged supernatural agency.

A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.

An inspired guess or presentiment.

Something that has been divined.

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.

(countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

A prediction uttered under divine inspiration

The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means