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French translation: os divinatoires


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English term or phrase:Hex bones
French translation:os divinatoires
Entered by: Alain Chouraki
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10:23 Jul 16, 2010
English to French translations [PRO]
Religion
English term or phrase: Hex bones
"The hex bones don't seem to have anything else to say."
I believe to read the future - used maybe in voodoo rituals.
They seem to be held in a bag - several small bones with letters on them.

Thank you
Estelle Demontrond-Box
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:22
os divinatoires
Explanation:
Pour coller au contexte, ici.
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Alain Chouraki
France
Local time: 17:22
Grading comment
Merci Alain ! ;-)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3os divinatoires
Alain Chouraki
3 +2osselets divinatoires
Sandra Mouton
3 +2os sacrés
GILLES MEUNIER
4 +1os magiques
FX Fraipont


  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
hex bones
os divinatoires


Explanation:
Pour coller au contexte, ici.

Alain Chouraki
France
Local time: 17:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Merci Alain ! ;-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  fransua
13 mins
  -> Merci !

agree  mimi 254
47 mins
  -> Merci !

agree  Imanol
2 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hex bones
os sacrés


Explanation:
Une variante à Alain...

de conversation avec eux, ils vous confieront la tâche de retrouver un os sacré. ... Parlez au batteur et au garde, avant de revenir au village vaudou. ...
www.jeuxvideo.com/.../solution-so-blonde-pc-00023832-10.htm

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 17:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alain Marsol
2 mins

agree  Virginie Lafage
1 hr
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hex bones
os magiques


Explanation:
"interne de ces pierres magiques et de ces os magiques. C'est ainsi que chez les Pitta. Pitta du Queensland 2, les os et cristaux retirés par un magicien du ..."
http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/mauss.../Melanges_3_pou...

"hex
1    /hɛks/ –verb (used with object)
1. to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
–noun
2. spell; charm: With all this rain, somebody must have put a hex on our picnic.
3. a witch."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hex


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Note added at 1 hr (2010-07-16 11:36:01 GMT)
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"Description :
Cet Os magique, permet aux chafers fantassins de faire des coups surprenants, comme d'enlever et de mettre leurs slips sur la tête, sans les mains, en plein combat et en réussissant leurs jets d'esquive. On ne se lasse jamais de cette prestation. "
http://www.dofus.com/fr/mmorpg-jeux/objets/4-ressources/47-o...

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 17:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 43

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agree  enrico paoletti
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hex bones
osselets divinatoires


Explanation:
Une autre possibilité dont j'ai entendu parler quelque part. Il semblerait que ça s'appelle l'astragalomancie. Mais impossible (après seulement une brève recherche) de trouver de source sur internet qui les relie formellement au vaudou.

Sandra Mouton
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Imanol: Il est vrai qu'il s'agit souvent de petits os : http://sve.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/anthropology/388...
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agree  Sandy R
4 hrs
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Jul 20, 2010 - Changes made by Alain Chouraki:
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