Pyromancy

Not to be confused with Pyrokinesis.
A candle's flame

Pyromancy (Ancient Greek ἐμπυρία (empyria), divination by fire)[1] is the art of divination by means of fire or flames.[2]

The word pyromancy is adapted from the Greek word pyromanteia, from pyr (πῦρ, fire)[1] and manteia (μαντεία, divination by means of).[1] Its first known use was in the 1300s, and it evolved into the Late Latin word piromantia and Old French word piromance.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ a b “Pyromancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pyromancy . Accessed 26 Jan. 2023.