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Ancient Irish mythology describes people settling the island who first set sail from the shores of the Black Sea...so why not axes from Cyprus?
by alchemism 10y ago
Ancient Irish mythology describes people settling the island who first set sail from the shores of the Black Sea...so why not axes from Cyprus?
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoCan you provide a reference - is it the "black sea" or the Black Sea, if the latter what name was used for it in the oldest sources?
- arethuza 10y agoWell, traditionally the Scots in their legends said that we came from Scythia which is in that part of the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythia From the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath: "They journeyed from Greater Scythia by way of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Pillars of Hercules, and dwelt for a long course of time in Spain among the most savage tribes, but nowhere could they be subdued by any race, however barbarous. Thence they came, twelve hundred years after the people of Israel crossed the Red Sea, to their home in the west where they still live today." http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/the-text-of-the-declaration-of-arbroath-1-465230 http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/the-text-of-the-declaratio... NB One of the kingdoms that eventually became Scotland was the Irish/Scottish Dál Riata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1l_Riata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1l_Riata
- ci5er 10y agoI can't imagine the English name "the Black Sea" would have survived in Celtic, but it's interesting because the origins of the people and language appear to have been in Asia Minor (Galatia, modern-day Turkey).
- alchemism 10y agoIt wasn't referred to as the Black Sea, that was my summation of the journey as described in the legend. It is very similar to what arethuza posted about the mythical origin of the Scots.