The Irish Legend of Princess Scotia: Fact or Myth?

The Legend of Princess Scotia, found in Irish mythology in The Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland), tells the story of the Scots' descent from Scotia, the daughter of a Pharaoh who married a Scythian prince. Their son, Goídel Glas, is said to be the ancestor of the Gaels.

In this video, we explore:
👑 The myth of Princess Scotia and her connections to ancient Egypt
🌍 The possible links to Scythian royalty
📜 Is there any historical evidence supporting the legend?
🔍 What can we learn from The Book of the Taking of Ireland?

Join us as we dive into this intriguing Irish legend and examine the evidence behind it.

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[JanWoods-dp]

It is said that Neil McNeill is in the lineage of the Egyptian Princess Scythia who some historians claim took Moses from the Nile River.

[Colonel_Blimp]

Fascinating story. I’m a Kiwi of Irish descent. My mother (who had it from my grandmother) told me that the Lions of Ireland acknowledged an Egyptian Princess who played a part in Old Ireland. I’ve also read work talking about the influence of Coptic Christianity on early Irish Christianity. You are doing excellent stuff Auld Boy.

[ndevine]

What a treat to find this work this morning! Thank you, as always, for your thoughtful scholarship and presentations.

[ZerilathEternal]

Im part Scot on my father's side I've heard this idea before. The Egyptian part I didn't know so well. Thank you

[chrisnewbury]

What I really love about your videos, is that the presentation is so beautifully done, my mind is cranking on all cylinders, and I have revelations I wouldn't have otherwise.

The Hyksos, called by the Egyptians the Heka Khasut, phonetically sounds a lot like "Higha Sakut".

[brittcobble]

Just woke up and seen you posted this video, about to watch it, I know it's got to be great because this is one of my Favorite topics and there's much more to the story of Scotia 😊 Me being a blend of many different races including Scottish and Persian and Egyptian and more, this one always hits home. Thank you for the work you put into your channel; you touch base on pretty much all things I study daily faithfully. 💜🖤💜

[kariannecrysler]

I’m so distracted!! Feni/Feinius has my mind reeling. My grandfather’s name was Noble Finis D. F. We know little about his lineage on his father’s side, because in 1909 when gramps was 3, his father shot himself & my great gran leaving gramps with the bodies. I can’t help but wonder if these old tales were part of his namesake. His mom’s sister was a married teacher who couldn’t have children so they adopted my gramps. We know about the DeWitt side of the family back to Jamestown times, coming over from France & establishing a church on the American east coast around the Carolina’s. Of his father’s side, we don’t even have the story of how they met and married, let alone beyond that.
Seeing how important education was for my great gran makes me think that they may have been taught these things or his father was.

[chrisnewbury]

I don't know why I never put it together but the Hyksos Shepherd Kings seem to be the people discussed here. I always assumed they were Phoenician, but at this point in antiquity there was likely a very fine line between the two.

[occultexaminer]

This is so great! Thank you again for showing how things are connected!

[iden]

I loved this well made jump into mystery of origins of Eire an the Gaels... so too do the Ancestors 😊

[melysmelys]

A lot of interesting information here.

[scottlatter]

Wow! Fantastic watch, amazing detail brilliantly presented.
I’m fascinated by this tale. Your delivery is the best I’ve encountered. Top work sir.

[jameswells]

The written account, though Medieval in origin, follows and fills in the gaps on the question of the origin of the Hyksos (who also introduced the chariot to Egypt) without having known the story of the Hyksos. It certainly adds an air of authenticity to the narrative, but it is easy to weed out the later Christian influence from the original material if you pay attention. Nicely researched. Keep up the good work.

[RyanTucker-rd]

This channel has quickly become a favorite of mine. Best video on Scotia on yt 👏🏻

[KristenHalfpenny]

I just traced my lineage back to this family and I am so fascinated ❤️‍🔥🥰

[bairdgaelach]

Keep up yer good work lad, handling yerself and these sources like champ. What do you reckon with parrallels with Scota and Princess Meritaten (Akhenaten's daughter)? The story of the Scythian-Gaelic diaspora in Egypt is curious. Post-Akhenaten, Egypt's politics were tumultuous and Akhenaten's radical state and religious reforms coincide with the social upheaval which occurred after with his son Tutenkhamen and Tutenkhamen's assassination - this would suggest some form of coup amongst the religious class which sought to undo and revert state religions back to the traditional polytheism. Akhenaten's religious movement is theorised to be the first instance of monotheism from which the Israelites fleeing egypt supposedly took inspiration from in combination with their native Levant traditions. One tradition I heard which would explain the transition of Scotia's name from Meritaten is that it was tradition for women to take a name which is fitting and representative of their husband and traditions - therefore Scotia, deriving from Scythia. Another interesting point of correspondence found in Tutenkhamen's Y haplogroup was R1b, modern western European, we can deduce then that Akhenaten was the same providing legitimacy. If this haplo-group came down in waves of migrations from the old North of Scythia, how long were these people in power? While we know there was polytheism in Ireland, it's more nuanced and tied up in allegory and myth, not as similar to other polytheistic traditions. The druidic castes in Ireland would seem to be slightly different in character from their neighbours in Britain, and the strong emphasis on Solar/Light worship in Ireland would make me wonder how much of the Gaelic culture retained influences of Akhenaten's initial movement? The rapid conversion and assimilation of this caste in Ireland into the Christian movement (along with parallels brought up in this comment section with Egyptian Coptic Christianity), along with the founding of Celtic Christianity would add another layer. Of course it's hard to say with certainty how much of this is true, but merely connections and musings I've been making. Lastly, I've pondered the legitimacy of Conor MacDari's work - I can't put any legitimate stock in it, but it could be said that its possible there is truth in some of it due to persecution and destruction of history. These different parallels would make me consider there to be a kernel of truth, though much of the rest could be considered a sort of Hiberno-centrism (or not, who knows). MacDari claimed the Irish to be an engineer/builder people and credited them to even building egypt - a very hard statement to back up but the story of the Scythian's building the tower of Babel struck me. He also made connection with the Hebrews and the Irish which I thought was funny considering the story of Gaidhel's encounter with Moses and the israelites. Then we have the strange presence of R1b in West Africa which seems to have followed a migratory route down the nile to its source before starting off Westward where we had a strong west african civilisation - this I've connected with the Igbo-like insciption using Ogham found in North america, its possible these found their way there via Phoenecian exploration operations of which we know landed in North america, building similar stone solar-aligned complexes like those found in the West Atlantic zone. Sorry for the info dump - hopefully something in here you can make sense of or cross reference with your sources. Ádh mór duit a chara

[billyclayandthecoyotes]

The story of Gaedl Glas and Moses is very similar to the old Minoan story of Glaucous and Polyidus. Glaucous also means "blue grey boy". Terrence McKenna does a good reading of the story.

[StressResponseAbility]

This was a fantastic piece of work, thank you!
I'm still trying to wrap my head around this... so who were these people in other sources? For example the Pharao father of Scotia?

[fenrisgrins]

Excellent work! It’s fascinating that DNA research has revealed a Bronze Age migration from the Pontic Steppe of Southern Russia to Ireland.

[Bjorn-rx]

Hi Auld Boy, a very comprehensive, well-delivered, and useful summary of the Scota legends. But is there any truth to any of them? I think there is but that the true historical account has obviously been distorted through millennia of oral tradition and by various groups who sought to propagandize the truth. Yet even in political tracts which sought to rubbish the origins of the Irish, one can learn about those origins, e. g. in Edmund Spenser's 'A View of the State of Ireland' (1596 BCE), we can read about a few of the Irish origin myths that were common currency at the time. The most consistent element of all these various origin myths, and the one most likely to be true, is that the father of the Irish/Scots people married the daughter of the King of Egypt. When named, she is called Scota or Scotia which, however, doesn't seem to be an Egyptian name. 'Scotia' may be a Greek name meaning 'Dark Aphrodite' but this won't really help identify which Egyptian king's daughter she was. Unfortunately, also, her father has been given many names: Cingris, Neforhotep I, Nectanebo I, etc. And against Scota being a Pharaoh's daughter is the usual practice of pharaohs not letting their daughters marry outside the family lest they give some 'outsider' a legitimate claim to the throne of Egypt. Yet somewhere in this myth, I believe there is a kernel of truth.