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* '''Name of identity:''' Enarees, Enareis, or Anarieis (ἐναρής).<ref name="enarees phillips">Phillips, E. D. “The Scythian Domination in Western Asia: Its Record in History, Scripture and Archaeology.” World Archaeology, vol. 4, no. 2, 1972, pp. 129–130. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/123971. Accessed 13 Jan. 2020.</ref> The ancient Greek historian Herodotus said this means "men-women" or "effeminates."<ref name="enarees phillips" /> Some modern historians notice that it does not look like a Scythian word, but seems to have been from Greek for "Accursed."<ref name="enarees west">West, Stephanie. “Introducing the Scythians: Herodotus on Koumiss (4.2).” ''Museum Helveticum'', vol. 56, no. 2, 1999, pp. 83. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24821090. Accessed 13 Jan. 2020.</ref> It is not known today what the | * '''Name of identity:''' Enarees, Enareis, or Anarieis (ἐναρής).<ref name="enarees phillips">Phillips, E. D. “The Scythian Domination in Western Asia: Its Record in History, Scripture and Archaeology.” World Archaeology, vol. 4, no. 2, 1972, pp. 129–130. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/123971. Accessed 13 Jan. 2020.</ref> The ancient Greek historian Herodotus said this means "men-women" or "effeminates."<ref name="enarees phillips" /> Some modern historians notice that it does not look like a Scythian word, but seems to have been from Greek for "Accursed."<ref name="enarees west">West, Stephanie. “Introducing the Scythians: Herodotus on Koumiss (4.2).” ''Museum Helveticum'', vol. 56, no. 2, 1999, pp. 83. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24821090. Accessed 13 Jan. 2020.</ref> It is not known today what the Enarees called themselves. | ||
* '''Culture:''' The Scythians, who | * '''Culture:''' The Scythians, who were Eurasian nomadic horseriders. They lived in regions that are now the modern-day countries of Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Egypt, and neighboring countries. They had contact with many more, due to their use of the Silk Road.<ref name="Beckwith58">{{harvnb|Beckwith|2009|pp=58–70}}</ref> | ||
* '''Era:''' As far back as the 7th century BCE, to as late as the 3rd century CE | * '''Era:''' As far back as the 7th century BCE, to as late as the 3rd century CE | ||
* '''Description of sex/gender:''' AMAB and feminine | * '''Description of sex/gender:''' AMAB and feminine | ||
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Further details about how to practice divination in the above method are lost to history. However, some of the above description of the Enarees' divination method sounds similar to the process of I Ching divination in China by means of casting fifty yarrow stalks. The diviner picks up the stalks and puts them between certain fingers. This process generates random numbers, just as casting dice does. These numbers are then used to look up a divinatory meaning. The I Ching comes from 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 Enarees lived. The Scythians were connected to China via the Silk Road,<ref name="Beckwith58" | Further details about how to practice divination in the above method are lost to history. However, some of the above description of the Enarees' divination method sounds similar to the process of I Ching divination in China by means of casting fifty yarrow stalks. The diviner picks up the stalks and puts them between certain fingers. This process generates random numbers, just as casting dice does. These numbers are then used to look up a divinatory meaning. The I Ching comes from 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 Enarees lived. The Scythians were connected to China via the Silk Road,<ref name="Beckwith58" /> so these similarities could have involved contact between these cultures. | ||
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