The grave of Scotia

The grave of Scotia

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A short distance from the bustling Irish town of Tralee in County Kerry, there is an otherworldly looking glen which is known as Scotia’s Grave.

According to Irish folklore, the glen was the location of a battle known as Sliabh Mish which took place between the Celtic Milesians and a supernatural race called the The Tuath Dé Danann (tribe of the gods).

Although it was the Milesians who were victorious in battle, it was a triumph at the expense of their queen, Scotia, who is reputed to have been buried in the glen.

Queen Scotia appears in a chronical called the Book of Leinster, a medieval Irish manuscript which was compiled in around 1160 AD.

Scotia is described as the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh, the wife of a Greek king, and a contemporary of the Biblical Moses, who allegedly cured her husband after he was bitten by a venomous snake.

Both Scotia and her husband King Gaythelos were exiled from Egypt for unspecified reasons during a time of great upheaval, and it is after this that they traveled to Europe where they founded both the Scots in modern day Scotland and the Gaels in Ireland.

Scotia gave her name to the Scots and to Scotland, and Gaythelos gave his name to the Geals.

Scotia’s death in battle, was supposedly the result of the pregnant woman attempting to jump a bank on horseback.

It is often the case that myths and legends have a kernel of truth at their core, and there is no reason the story of Scotia should be any different.

The legend may have grown up around the desire to find links to Biblical figures but if you strip back the layers it becomes more plausible.

Maybe Scotia didn’t ever meet Moses and maybe she was not an exiled Egyptian queen.

Perhaps, if she was real, she was just an extraordinary woman, ]who made an exceptional journey across continents almost 4000 years ago.

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Source~AncientOrigins

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