Chronomancy is divination of the best time to do something, the determination of lucky and unlucky days, especially popular in ancient China. The term "chronomancy", stemming from the Greek word ''chronos'' (meaning ''time''), and the word ''manteia'' (meaning ''divination'') is also used in fiction to refer to a school of

magic Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...

involving supernatural manipulation of

time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, t ...

Role in modern fantasy

In modern fantasy

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, such as

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and other games set in the

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universe, chronomancy refers to a school of magic related to moving through and manipulating time.

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