Diadem HWSM 05 016

2025-11-16T00:00:00Z

Diadem "It worked like this: A circle was drawn on the ground. This was then sectioned off into 20 segments — one for each letter of the Etruscan alphabet. Then, some food was placed in each segment and the chicken was loosed. Her chosen route would take her through a sequence of letters — like a living, clucking Ouija board — and a priest of some kind would interpret the message. Then, when the chicken was eventually killed, its wishbone was saved and dried. After all, it was special; no other animal had a V-shaped bone. And the V-shape symbolised the crotch and the crucible of life" (p. 174). Colgan, Stevyn. Constable Colgan's Connectoscope. Unbound, 2013. https://archive.org/details/constablecolgans0000colg/mode/2up