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EARTH / Landscape, weather & animal signs
Augury / ornithomancy.
Historical and symbolic readings of signs, including birds’ calls, movements or flight.
LEXICON / LANGUAGE & MEANING
Names in context.
- Augury
- Augurio
Interpretation of signs or omens; in Roman contexts it is associated with formal auspices.
- Ornithomancy
- Ornitomancia
Divinatory interpretation of birds, their behavior, calls or flight.
PROVENANCE & INTERPRETATIONA practice,
A practice,
a setting.
Roman augury and other named bird-reading traditions have particular rules and social contexts. Ecological observation supplies a record of species and behavior; the omen meaning comes from the chosen tradition.
FIELD NOTE / METHOD
Keep a record.
- Identify the place, species if known, time and observation conditions.
- Record the actual sequence before assigning any omen.
- Name the historical or cultural rule used for the symbolic reading.
POTPOURRI / PHOTO GUIDE
What to include.
- Use a distant overview and a sequence showing direction or behavior.
- Include time, approximate location and species uncertainty without approaching or disturbing the animal.
POTPOURRI / PERSONAL INTERPRETATION
Photo instructions & submission ↗Share a photograph or a record.
A photograph, drawing or dated record can be sent privately for a personal reading. Include the procedure and the question.