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Alphitomancy (from Greek: ἄλφιτον, romanized: alphiton, lit. 'barley', and μαντεία, manteia, 'divination') is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread.cite-ref-1[1]

When someone in a group was suspected of a crime, the members of the group would be fed barley cakes or slices of barley bread. Supposedly, the guilty party would get indigestion, while all others would feel well.cite-ref-alphitomancy-2-0[2]

• See also

• References

• Corsned

• Alphito

• Crithomancy

cite-note-11. ↑ citerefluck2006Luck, Georg (2006) [1985]. Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Reissued ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 495. ISBN 0-8018-8346-6.

cite-note-alphitomancy-22. ↑ "Alphitomancy". the MYSTICA. Retrieved 3 August 2015.