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Scota

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Scota and Scotia are the names given to the mythological daughters of two different Egyptian pharaohs in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology.[1] The legends vary but all agree that a Scota was the ancestor of the Gaels. They traced their ancestry to Irish invaders, called Scotti. The Scotti settled in Argyll and Caledonia. These area later became Scotland.

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  1. Lennon, Joseph (2008). Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History. Syracuse University Press. p. 5-57. ISBN 9780815631644. Retrieved 14 June 2018.