Scythians
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Excerpts from the Book of Invasions
Eber Scot took the kingship of Scythia by force from the progeny of
Nenual, till he fell at the hands of Noemius s. Nenual. There was a contention
betwen Noemius and Boamain s. Eber Scot. Boamain took the kingship till he
fell at the hands of Noemius. Noemius took the princedom till he fell at the
hands of Ogamain s. Boamain in vengeance for his father. Ogamain took the
kingship till he fell at the hands of Tat s. Ogamain. Thereafter Tat fell at the
hands of Refloir s. Refill. Thereafer there was a contention between Refloir s.
Refill and Agnomain s. Tat, till Refloir fell at the hands of Agnomain s. Tat.
For that reason was the seed of Gaedel driven forth upon the sea, to wit
Agnomain and Lamfhind his son, so that they were seven years upon the sea,
skirting the world on the north side. More than can be reckoned or related
are the hardships which they suffered. (The reason why he was called
Lamfhind was, because not greater used to be the radiance of a candle than
his hands at the rowing). They had three ships with a coupling between them
that they should not separate from one another. They had three chieftains
after the death of Agnomain on the surface of the great Caspian Sea, Lamfhind
and Allot and Caicher the druid.
It is Caicher who gave them a remedy against the melody of the Sirens,
namely to melt wax in their ears. So the wind took them into the great Ocean,
and they suffered much of hunger and thirst; till at the end of a week they
reached the great proontory out northward from the Rhipaean Mountain, and
in that promontory they found a spring with the taste of wine, and they
feated there, and were asleep there three days and three nights. But Caicher
said to them: Rise, we shall not rest therefrom till we reach Ireland. What
place is Ireland, said Lamfhind. It is further from thee than Scythia, and not
we ourselves shall reach it, but our children, at the end of three hundred
years.
Then they settled in the Macotic Marshes, and there a son was born to
Lamfhind, Eber Glunfhind (white marks which were on his knees). It is he
who was chieftain after his father. His grandson was Febri (Glas), his
grandson was Nuadu.
This is why the Gaedil were driven forth from Scythia, for the crime of
slaying Refloir s. Refill s. Noemius s. Nenual s. Baath s. Ibath s. Feinius
Farsaid.
Brath s. Death s. Ercha s. Allot s. Nuadu s. Nenual s. Febri Glas s. Agni
s. Eber Glunfhind s. Lamfhind s. Agnomain s. Tat s. Ogamain s. Boamain s.
Eber Scot.
Occe and Ucce, two sons of Allot s. Nenual s. Nemed s. Allot s. Ogamain
s. Toithect s. Tetrech s. Eber Dub s. Allot s. Agnomain. Mantan s. Caicher s.
Ercha s. Coemthecht s. Soithecht s. Mantan s. Caicher the druid.
This is that Brath s. Death who came out of Eastern Albania to the land
of Narboscorda, over the Euxine River, across the Rhipaean Mountain, to the
Macotic Marshes, to the Torrian Sea, by the long straits of the Torrian Sea to
the Hellespont, by the Macedonian Gulf to the Pamphylian Gulf, by the island
of Tyre to the island of Crete, to the island of Coroyra, by the island of
Cephallenia, to the island of Crete, to the shore of the Pelorians, to the island
of Sicily, across the top of Mount Tna, by the side of the Torrian Sea, to
Sardinia, to Corsica, to the island of Sardia, over the Balearic Sea to the
surface of the Strait of Gibraltar to the Strong islands, 'o the Columns of
Hercules, (Calpe and Abyla are their names) to the swamp called Coir, to the
outmost bottomless abyss (the Atlantic Ocean), to spain, to the Pyrenaean
wood-ridges.
till they took Spain by force.
And they fought fifty and four battles there first and last, and a city
was built there by Bregon s. Brath. And he erected a tower there to protect
it, and thence was Ireland seen thereafter, on a winter evening.
As for Agnomain s. Tat he is the Gaedil leader who came forth from
Scythia. He had two sons, Lamfhind and Allot. One son had Lamfhind, Eber
Glunfhind. Allot had a son, Eber Dub; at the same time as the sojourn in the
Marshes was he born. They had two grandsons in joint rule, Toithecht s.
Tetrech s. Eber Dub and Nenual s. Febri s. Agni s. Eber Glunfhind. There
was also Soithecht s. Mantan s. Caicher.
Four ships companies strong came the Gaedil to Spain: in every ship
fourteen wedded couples and six unwived hirelings. Brath, a ship's company.
Occe and Ucce, the two sons of Allot, two ships' companies. Mantan, a ship's
company. they broke three battles - one against the Tuscans, one against the
Bacra, one against the Longobardi. But there came a plague upon them, and
four and twenty of their number died thereof. Out of two ships none escaped
save twice five men, including En s. Occe and Un s. Ucce.
Brath had a good son, Breogan by name. By him was Braganza fouunded,
and the tower made, ut supra diximus. Unde Gilla Cocinain cecinit -
