Sound & Spirit for Scotia- Sept 2021, Scotia's Glen, Kerry, Ireland.

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Sound journey in the Slieve Mish mountains, with Elena Danaan and Carmel Diviney from http://celticschoolofsoundhealing.com/
A discrete and enchanted glen, near the town of Tralee in West Kerry, Ireland, hides an unexpected treasure: the tomb of an Egyptian princess named Scotia. Her true name was Meritaten, first daughter of king Akhenaten. Conflicts and threats motivated the pharaoh’s eldest daughter to escape Egypt and seek for a foreign prince in marriage. She left on a Phoenician boat for the shores of Galicia, where she married Mil.
Only a few years later, King Mil raised an expedition to conquer Ireland, accompanied of his spouse and sons.

The people inhabiting Ireland at the time were the Tuatha de Danaan, the magical children of the Goddess Danu. It is said that in the battle for Ireland at Slieve Mish, as recorded in the Lebor Gabala, Scotia met a tragic end when in the midst of battle, her horse jumped a ditch over a river, in a little glen. After her death, the war continued on at Tailtinn against the three kings of the Tuatha de Danaan, the husbands of the Goddesses Banba, Fodla, and Eriu: MacCuill, MacCeacht, and MacGreine. The sons of Mil, after prolonged battle, conquered the de Danaans and took the seat of Tara. According to the Bower manuscript, Scota was buried “between Sliab Mish and the sea,” and her grave, Fert Scota, is found in this glen,

As with many myths, Scotia lent her persona and identity to the landscape of the land she became a part of, giving Scotland her name, giving the Celts an additional layer to their unique heritage that is unsung...

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