Haruspicy
Haruspicy is the ritual interpretation of animal entrails, particularly known from Etruscan and Roman contexts.
How to approach it
Understanding this practice involves identifying the period, place and source describing it. A preserved object, a literary account and a later reconstruction offer different kinds of information.
An important distinction
Descriptions of these rites are cultural records, not ways to determine someone's health, guilt or future.
An example to explore
Study a drawing or museum object and observe its symbolic divisions without recreating the rite.
Taking the idea further
To explore further, compare the related concepts and note differences in material, procedure and interpretation. If you open a related tool, read its own rules; sharing a symbol does not mean carrying out the same practice.