History of Scota

(Irish, Scottish) She was probably once a mother Goddess in her native Egypt, but her myth and origins today are shadowy. The general agreement is that she was the daughter of the Pharaoh Cingris, after which the stories about her diverge, some even merging her with the Christian biblical figures. In most tales she is the
mother of Amergin the bard, though she is said to be the wife of both Milesius and Niul. She died in the Milesian invasion and is thought to be buried near a dolmen (a primitive stone altar) in County Kerry, Ireland.

The name Scota, derived from her own, was once a designation for the Irish, and later became the name of the Scottish people.