Divining rod - Fortune telling rod

Japanese: 占い棒 - うらないぼう
Divining rod - Fortune telling rod

…Because of this deep connection between people's happiness and misfortune and apples, in some parts of Germany, when a boy is born, it is customary to plant an apple tree as a birth tree and carefully nurture it. One thing related to the prophetic power of apples is the dowsing rod. The fork is cut off from a young apple branch and held in the hand to find the location of water veins and mineral veins. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "divining rod" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このように人の幸・不幸とリンゴが深くかかわっていることから,ドイツのいくつかの地方では男の子が生まれると,リンゴの木を誕生樹として植え,だいじに育てる習慣があった。リンゴの予言力と関係あるものに〈占い棒dowsing rod〉がある。リンゴの若枝からふたまたのところを切りとり,それを手にとって水脈や鉱脈のありかを探る。…

※「占い棒」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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