1st one to get this gets the 10 points.
2006-07-10 12:36:21 · 6 answers · asked by Red Yeti 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The practice of predicting the future based on dreams.
2006-07-10 12:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by ★Fetal☆ ★And ☆ ★Weeping☆ 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Oneiromancy is a form of divination based upon dreams; it is a system of dream interpretation that uses dreams to predict the future.
Dreams occur throughout the Tanach as omens or messages from God. Jacob dreams of a ladder to heaven; his son Joseph dreamed of his future success, additionally intrepreting the dreams of the Pharaoh of Egypt. King Solomon conversed with God in his dreams. Daniel (from the Book of Daniel) also interpreted dreams.
Aristotle and Plato both discuss dreams in various works. Artemidorus gives a list of authors mentioned in his Oneirocritica, the longest of the ancient dreambooks. All of the referenced works are lost, but fragments are preserved in Artemidorus and other ancient authors. Achmet wrote an edition of Artemidorus Oneirocritica in addition to his own. Astrampsychus was the pseudonymous author of a number of divinatory, magical and medical works, including an Oneirocriticon.
Oneiromancy is also used as a type of magic in the Dungeons & Dragons game, which influences, interprets or alters dreams, and also has an effect on the fictional Plane of Dreams, or Dreamscape.
2006-07-11 01:07:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Telling the future by examining the entrails of chickens.
2006-07-10 19:40:23 · answer #3 · answered by rickthewonderalgae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
divination of future through dreams: the practice of divining the future through the interpretation of dreams
2006-07-10 20:10:00 · answer #4 · answered by Confused Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everybody got this one right. did you guys "google" it? (LOL)
2006-07-10 20:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by seer1213 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first guy was right:
Dreams.
2006-07-10 20:03:49 · answer #6 · answered by trillo333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋