The pancreas of sacrificial animals as an object of divination for the indigenous peoples on the Island of Sumba, Indonesia.
This paper describes contemporary 'intestinal' divination with the pancreas by indigenous people in Indonesia and explores the feasibility of comparing it to ancient intestinal divination. To our knowledge, divinatory use of the pancreas of sacrificial animals (chickens) has not yet been described in the literature.
Sachs
Michael
M
Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. sachs@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Mulvahill
Matthew
M
Dapawole
Yance Lele
YL
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005495:Folklore; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000208:ethnology; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009228:Mysticism; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; D010179:Pancreas