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Molybdomancy (German: Bleigießen) is a technique of divination using molten metal. Typically molten lead or tin is dropped into water. The method was invented in ancient Greece,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Year's Tin )〕 and today it is a common New Year tradition in the Nordic countries and Germany and Austria. Classically, tin is melted on a stove and poured into a bucket of cold water. The resulting shape is either directly interpreted as an omen for the future, or is rotated in a candlelight to create shadows, whose shapes are then interpreted. Molten lead is also poured into water in a ritual in Turkey used when people have been affected by the evil eye,〔pp. 233 ff., ''Healing Secular Life: Loss and Devotion in Modern Turkey'', Christopher Dole, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012, ISBN 0812206355.〕 and a similar traditional practice is used in Bosnia and Herzegovina.〔"Traditional Medicine in the Pristine Village of Prokoško Lake on Vranica Mountain, Bosnia and Herzegovina", Broza Šarić-Kundalić et al., ''Scientia Pharmaceutica'' 78, #2 (2010 June 30), pp. 275–290, .〕 In Finland, shops sell ladles and small bullions in the shape of a horseshoe for this express purpose. Originally made from tin, now they are made from cheaper low-melting alloys based on lead. The practice is known as ''uudenvuodentina''.〔 World's largest ''uudenvuodentina'', , was cast by members of the Valko volunteer fire department in Loviisa, Finland, in New Year 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maailman suurin uudenvuoden tina valettiin Loviisassa )〕 The shapes are often interpreted not only literally, but also symbolically: a bubbly surface refers to money, a fragile or broken shape misfortune. Ships refer to travelling, keys to career advancement, a basket to a good mushroom year, and a horse to a new car.〔http://www.rakentaja.fi/artikkelit/723/uudenvuoden%2Btaikoja.htm〕 File:Bleigiessen-Set.jpg|Set of lead pieces and spoon File:Bleigiessen-Vorgang.jpg|Melting process File:Bleigiessen-Ergebnis.jpg|The lead after dropping into water ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「molybdomancy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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