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Wikipedia: Divination
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The English-language Wikipedia article on divination, covering its cross-cultural documentation and the range of methods practiced. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article used for standard, uncontested definitional and historical claims. Sources
Wikipedia: Divination
WikipediaArticle, self-citation: entity-descriptionQuote, Article, self-citation: entity-description
Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice.
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Ethnography and Cultural Practices, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
Well-attested
7Ethnography and Cultural Practices
General References
2Ethnography and Cultural Practices
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