Chronomancy
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Chronomancy, also known as hemerology or calendar astrology, is a generalized term for divination the determination of lucky and unlucky days and of the best time to do something, popular in ancient East Asia, particularly China.[1] Practitioners would utilize calendars and other temporal data to determine the auspiciousness of future days.[2]
The term "chronomancy", stemming from the Greek word chronos (meaning time), and the word manteia (meaning divination) is also used in fiction to refer to a school of magic involving supernatural manipulation of time.
Role in modern fantasy
[edit]In modern fantasy role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons and other games set in the Forgotten Realms universe, chronomancy refers to a school of magic related to moving through and manipulating time.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Chronomancy definition". merriam-webster. Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ Hayek, M. (2017). "19 Correlating Time Within One’s Hand: The Use of Temporal Variables in Early Modern Japanese “Chronomancy” Techniques". In Coping with the Future. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004356788_021
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