The dissemination of divination in roman republican times

4) The dendrologer steps on the sticks lying on the floor on the way to his desk
to get a pen. They fall into a V shape…
The dendrologer looks at the sticks and says Eva should study chemistry.
How likely do you find it that Eva will decide to study chemistry?
1(very unlikely) -5(very likely)
How likely do you find it that Eva feels she got good advice?
1(very unlikely) -5(very likely)
The banban among the Katchikvi in Vietnam
Among the Katchikvi on the Vietnamese highland they have a banban, who can tell
you the solution to your problem by looking at the footsteps of the mountain rabbit.
Okchiva, who is a native Katchik, has a mother who has been very ill for along time
and it gets worse every day. Okchiva has heard of the banban and goes there although
it is far up in the hills. Okchiva pays a significant amount to the banban in order to
know what to do.
1) The banban goes to a clearing in the forest draws a square, and takes a stuffed
paw of a mountain rabbit and makes some footsteps in the square…
2) The banban goes to a clearing in the forest draws a square, waits until the next
day and goes to the square where the mountain rabbit has made footprints…
3) The banban goes to a clearing in the forest and discovers a previously draw
square in which there already are footprints from the mountain rabbit…
4) The banban goes to a clearing in the forest draws a square, when the banban is
done and gets a better look at the square it can be seen that there already were
footprints from the mountain rabbit there…
The banban looks at the tracks and says that Okchiva should get some kalikatvi. This
is a kind of medicine, which is very expensive. The medicine has been known to cure
people in some cases, but not in others. The price of the kalikatvi would mean that
Okchiva’s entire family would have to starve for months.
How likely do you find it that Okchiva buys the kalikatvi to his mother?
1(very unlikely) -5(very likely)
How likely do you find it that Okchiva feels she got good advice?
1(very unlikely) -5(very likely)
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