The Clan of the Haruspex
The Haruspex is a kind of shaman who reads portents and tells the future, as well as furnishing various amulets and potions to women who seek magical protection or intercession. One particularly popular object is a colored string, which receives its magical powers from the sequence of knots tied into it by the Haruspex. The Wagon People are fascinated with the future and its signs. An army of a thousand wagons once turned aside because a swarm of rennels (poisonous crab-like desert insects) did not defend its nest, which had been crushed by a wheel of the lead wagon. Omens are interpreted by haruspexes, who read signs in bosk blood, the livers and entrails of sleen, slaves, and other animals, as well as the wind, the grass, the flights of birds, and other natural phenomenon. In addition, haruspexes provide amulets, talismans, potions, etc to members of the Camp -- Nomads of Gor, pg 28 "I heard a haruspex singing between the wagons; for a piece of meat he would read the wind and the grass; for a cup of wine the stars and the flight of birds; for a fat bellied dinner the liver of a sleen or slave."
They also provide minor medical treatment to the women and slaves of the Wagon People.
From Nomads of Gor, p. 27
