Scota, Egyptian Queen of the Scots
- The legends of Ireland
and Scotland tell a fantastic tale of an Egyptian queen and her Greek
husband, who were exiled from Egypt at some point during the second
millennium BC.
Chased from their
homelands, they took to the sea and settled in Spain and then Ireland. It is
said that it was from this Queen Scota and King Gaythelos that the modern
titles for the Scottish and Gaelic people were derived. All of these early
Celtic myths were finally set down in a fourteenth century book called
Scotichronicon, the title page of which appears on the cover of this book.
But what are we to make of this ancient story - is it based more upon fact
or fiction?
Historians have, as one
might expect, taken the story to be complete fiction; but there are many
elements to this hoary old tale that demonstrate that the authors of
Scotichronicon knew a great deal about the ancient history and language of
Egypt.
Ralph Ellis has taken a
lateral look at this mythology, and found many links and associations that
lead to one inescapable conclusion - that the extraordinary tale of Queen
Scota and King Gaythelos is probably true
Note:
An early biographer of the
Douglas family, writing in the middle of the eighteenth century,
traces their pedigree as far back as the days of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, the
father of that monarch who pursued Moses with such malignant fidelity.
According to this historian, a certain Gathaleus was the general of
Pharaoh’s troops, who, wi th the assistance of his lieutenant Sayas,
succeeded in defeating the ever-hostile forces of the Ethiopians. As a
reward for this victory he was given the hand of Pharaoh’s daughter Scota.
Gathaleus and his bride journeyed to
Portugal, where they were joined by the faithful Sayas, and the
descendants of these two families eventually came to Scotland and
founded the house of Douglas. [The History and Martial
Achievements of the Houses of Douglas, Angus, and Queensberry,
p. v. (Edinburgh,
1769.)]
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