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drak0bsidian t1_iy7ndxb wrote

Reply to comment by J-in-the-UK in TIL that the Scotichronicon chronicles a Scottish history starting with its founding by Scota, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh by yuje

>But much like the English tale of Gog and Magog, it's entertaining.

What's the English tale? Gog and Magog are from the Torah and other biblical texts.

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J-in-the-UK t1_iy7yl73 wrote

That is the origin of the names yeah. The tale was they were giants who settled here. It was the foundation dating of the Royal line I think was the claim if I remember correctly

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BrokenEye3 t1_iy7rl2v wrote

Different Gog and Magog, though that is the source of the names. Sometimes called Gogmagog and Corineus instead.

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