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    Posted: 19-Sep-2006 at 19:36
I do not know how many people on this forum have heard of the old Gaelic myths of how the Gaels originally went through Scythia, the Middle East, Egypt, North Africa, through Spain, and sailed from Galicia to Ireland, and then later the Scotti tribe moved from Northern Ireland to Scotland. However, according to one myth, the Scots descended from Egyptians. From this article "The queen's name was Scota from where comes the name Scotland. The Greek king was Gaythelos hence Gaelic, and their son was known as Hiber which gives us Hibernia." The article goes on to say "According to Bower(Walter Bower, a Scottish chornicler), the Scottish people were not an amalgam of Picts, Scots and other European peoples, but were in fact Egyptians, who could trace their ancestry directly back to a pharaoh's daughter and her husband, a Greek king." Is there any bit of truth to the myths at all, even the bit about the Gaels traveling from Galicia to Ireland?

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  Quote Cywr Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Sep-2006 at 20:26
Sounds like bollucks to me.
Maybe the odd sailor, but an entire people?
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  Quote Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Sep-2006 at 21:18
The source of the Spain to Ireland myth is often based on the Beaker People. Beaker culture existed between about 3000-2000 bce where large parts of Britain, Spain, Ireland and France showed a similar culture. At first in Victorian times, because the oldest finds were in Spain and the newest in Britain, a northerly migrating people were hypothesied colonising the whole area. Nowadays the Beaker People hypothesis seems to have been consigned to history and with discoveries of the extent of prehistoric trade, populations and the tin route the common culture of the countries is seen as a result of prolonged contact an exchange of goods and artisans.
 
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