In
Greek mythology, the Gargareans, or Gargarenses, (
Greek: ΓαργαρείςGargareis) were an all-male tribe. They copulated with the
Amazons annually in order to keep both tribes reproductive. The Amazons kept the female children, raising them as warriors, and gave the males to the Gargareans.[1]
The ancient Greek geographer
Strabo placed the Gargareans on the northern foothills of the
Caucasus. Several scholars attribute them to the
Galgaï.[2][3][4] According to professor E. Krupnov, the accuracy of the localization of Strabo's Gargareans in "Galga-chuv" (
Ingushetia) is confirmed by archaeological, anthropological and ethnographic data.[5]Gaius Plinius Secundus likewise localizes the Gargareans north of the
Caucasus Mountains, but calls them Gegar.[6]
^Е.И. Крупнов (1971).
Средневековая Ингушетия [Medieval Ingushetia] (in Russian). Москва: Наука. p. 26.
^Латышев В.В. Известия древних писателей греческих и латинских о Скифии и Кавказе, т. 1, Греческие писатели, СПб, 1890; т.2, Латинские писатели, вып.1, СПб, 1904, вып.2, СПб, 1906; Крупнов Е. И. Ук.соч., page.25.