The enaree were the hereditary soothsayers and officiators in the mysteries in Scythian society. Although all men, they traditionally dressed in women’s garb, probably as a sign of their apartness from the usual run of Scythian warrior society. Many so-called 'barbarian' societies revered trees, and the Scythians saw the linden tree as having mystical powers. The enaree would weave and then unpick strips of linden bark as a means of foretelling the future for their warlords. The linden, therefore, was an honoured tree and respected by all as a living link to the other world.
