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Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain makes similar claims for Scythian ancestry, and that the Scythians were in turn refugees from Troy. He a
by GlennS 10y ago
Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain makes similar claims for Scythian ancestry, and that the Scythians were in turn refugees from Troy.
He also claimed that ancient Britons laid seige to Rome.
Pretty funny how his bullshit survived and was repeated through the centuries.
- arethuza 10y agoAnd on the way from Scythia the Scots somehow also apparently also picked up the stone that Jacob rested his head on at Bethel which became, via a detour to Dunadd and Scone, the Stone of Destiny! [Spoilsport geologists dispute this story with their pesky "facts" ;-)]