First, you need to figure out what kind of method this is., as well as the roots of the origin of fortune telling. Haruspicy is a method of predicting the future using the entrails of animals.. It is known, that this method was part of the religious activity of the Etruscans, the famous haruspices came from ancient Spain, or rather from its northwestern part, where was the kingdom of Etruria located?.
Prediction existed in later eras, this is confirmed by artifacts, found during excavations, namely, we are talking about a bronze model of a sheep liver. The model was designed in an interesting way, there was an engraving on it, which was divided into multiple sectors, filled with names, supposedly gods.
Current researchers have come to the conclusion, that this copy was a kind of manual for novice priests. This is not the only example, similar ones were found in other nearby areas. Translated from Latin, Harusption is translated as -Aries, lamb, and this is not the only option, in this case there is apparently a reference to a sacrificial animal, used in rituals, after all, haruspices were classified as priests, whose magic was based on offerings to the gods.
Later, archaeologists discovered ancient tomes, which detailed instructions on how to carry out fortune telling and other nuances. The found manuscripts also illuminated the characteristic features of Etruscan culture.
Instructions for fortune telling.
As stated above, the method involves a detailed study of animal organs. Of course, different organs were used for such purposes.: heart, lungs, spleen, but still there is little information about the use of these organs, the soothsayers had little to say, examining only these parts of the body, the thing is, that heart, eg, little subject to external changes, but even in this case, practitioners had their own ideas. Well, in general, we can conclude: organs with the ability to change were used - liver, lungs.
The liver was the easiest to work with.. From the point of view of the priests, this organ was divided into two parts, one was responsible for the future of the questioner, the second – for external factors, influencing the fate of the questioner. Accordingly, various defects: lines, points, depressions, the protrusions could tell about a prosperous future or vice versa, everything depended on the appearance of the defect.
Particular attention was also paid to the shape of the liver, the protruding ends spoke of large-scale changes in a person’s life, until death. There have been extraordinary situations in the practice of haruspices., this of course made it very difficult to guess, eg, double organ or mirror arrangement. In this case, everything was explained by the luck of the owner and the general well-being.
As a result, that this type of fortune telling was quite famous, multiple questions arose regarding the emergence of the method, because he is unique in his own way, how did ancient civilization come to this? I have an opinion, that everything came from the nomadic lifestyle of people, After all, good environmental conditions were required for existence, How could you find out the characteristics of the area?, of course, based on the animals living in this area, and in this, man was helped by the organs of animals. By the way, this method can still be used to this day., due to the current environmental situation.
