It is a form of divination using carcasses, usually of animals slaughtered for that purpose. By association, it is also the invocation of the deceased to obtain information. From the Greek 957; 949; 954; 961; 959; 962; ( nekrós "corpse" ) 956; 945; 957; 964; 949; 953; 945; ( kept "divination") . See scatomancia, necromancy, aruspicina, medium, spirit of divination.
