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The Enarees' divination method is a form of divination by casting sticks (rhabdomancy). This sounds like it could be a description of the process of I Ching divination in China, which was done by casting fifty yarrow stalks, and methodically picking them up between the fingers. This generates random numbers, which are indexed to divinatory meanings. The I Ching dates back to between the 10th and 4th centuries BCE,<ref>{{cite book|last=Nylan|first=Michael|title=The Five "Confucian" Classics|date=2001|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven|isbn=0-300-13033-3}}</ref> the same period the Scythians lived, who were connected to China via the Silk Road.<ref name="Beckwith58" /> The Scythians had other cultural practices associated with China, such as acupuncture. Archaeological evidence shows that the Scythians used the same acupuncture points as in traditional Chinese medicine, as seen in the tattoos of the "Pazyryk Warrior" mummy.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyTkDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA202&dq=pazyryk+acupuncture+mummy+tattoo&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWrKSx_7bsAhVCqp4KHcECDyEQ6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=pazyryk%20acupuncture%20mummy%20tattoo&f=false|page=202|year=2016|title=New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care: Further Case Studies and Expanded Theory}}</ref>

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