 The "Midgan" have been the hunters, "Tumal" were the smiths, pottery and leatherworking caste, and the "Yibir" have been the saddle and prayer mat makers and magician caste.Below the castes have been the Somali Bantus "Jareer" community, and these have been descendants of former slaves, including those who were runaway and emancipated slaves.According to Mohamed Eno and Abdi Kusow, the Somali caste communities are ethnically indistinguishable from each other, but upper castes have stigmatized the lower ones with mythical narratives such as they being of unholy origins or being engaged in dirty occupations.