J-in-the-UK
J-in-the-UK t1_iy7l2km wrote
Reply to TIL that the Scotichronicon chronicles a Scottish history starting with its founding by Scota, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh by yuje
Yeah, from what I remember the story had borrowed/stolen and altered parts from other histories and tales. The main original source being 9th century and essentially fanciful mythology linking England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland to most significant ancient civilisations.
As if the claims themselves werent fanciful enough to be written off as nonsense; the texts were written many centuries after they supposedly happened.
Historically, probably complete nonsense, unlikely to be even a shred of truth; particularly as with modern science revealing genetic markers, this story doesn't pan out with scrutiny even beyond the doubts of the texts thenselves. But much like the English tale of Gog and Magog, it's entertaining.
J-in-the-UK t1_iy7yl73 wrote
Reply to comment by drak0bsidian in TIL that the Scotichronicon chronicles a Scottish history starting with its founding by Scota, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh by yuje
That is the origin of the names yeah. The tale was they were giants who settled here. It was the foundation dating of the Royal line I think was the claim if I remember correctly