taghairm

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A method of divination involving wrapping a person in the hide of a freshly-killed ox which was then placed beside a waterfall or other desolate place, to enable the person to foresee the outcome of an impending battle; the oracle of the hide.

   “In the taghairm the seer was bound in an animal's hide and left by the waters, the spirits of which inspired his dreams[…]. The hide was probably that of a sacrificial animal.”

2. isim A method of divination in which cats were roasted alive to call up the spirit of the demon cat who would grant the wishes of the torturers.