وفي كتب أهل الأدب كثير من ذلك واشتهر منهم في الجاهليّة شقّ بن أنمار بن نزار وسطيح بن مازن بن غسّان وكان يدرج كما يدرج الثّوب ولا عظم فيه إلّا الجمجمة
Literature contains much information about this matter. In pre-Islamic times, Shiqq, of the tribe of Anmar b. Nizar, and Satih, of the tribe of Mazin b. Ghassan, were famous (soothsayers) (The latter) used to fold up like a garment, as he had no bones save for his skull