Hebrew Scotland - Picts
The Israelite Origin of the Northern Scots
Contents:
1. Descendants of Manasseh.
2. Gilead and the Agathyrsi-Khazars.
3, Aedd the Great
4. Pictones and Picts.
5. DNA conundrum.
6. Addenda. The First Rulers of Poland were the Piasts. Were they of Scottish Pict Origin?
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1. Descendants of Manasseh.
The Book of Numbers gives us the genealogy of the Tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph.
Numbers (NKJV) 26:
28 THE SONS OF JOSEPH ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES, BY MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, WERE: 29 THE SONS OF MANASSEH: OF MACHIR, THE FAMILY OF THE MACHIRITES; AND MACHIR BEGOT GILEAD; OF GILEAD, THE FAMILY OF THE GILEADITES. 30 THESE ARE THE SONS OF GILEAD: OF JEEZER, THE FAMILY OF THE JEEZERITES; OF HELEK, THE FAMILY OF THE HELEKITES; 31 OF ASRIEL, THE FAMILY OF THE ASRIELITES; OF SHECHEM, THE FAMILY OF THE SHECHEMITES; 32 OF SHEMIDA, THE FAMILY OF THE SHEMIDAITES; OF HEPHER, THE FAMILY OF THE HEPHERITES. 33 NOW ZELOPHEHAD THE SON OF HEPHER HAD NO SONS, BUT DAUGHTERS; AND THE NAMES OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD WERE MAHLAH, NOAH, HOGLAH, MILCAH, AND TIRZAH. 34 THESE ARE THE FAMILIES OF MANASSEH; AND THOSE WHO WERE NUMBERED OF THEM WERE FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED.
The son of Machir (son of Manasseh) was GILEAD (pronounceable as "Gileath") from whom emerged the Gadodin of northern Wales and the Galadi -Galatians of Gaul and the Caledonians in Scotland. The Caledonians are later identified with the PICTS though originally PICTS and CALEDONIANS MAY HAVE BEEN SEPARATE PEOPLES. The sons of Gilead were Jeezer, Helek (Chelek), Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, and Hepher (Numbers 26:30). Helek was found amongst the Helvecones who became part of the Vandal-Lugi federation (Tacitus, "Germania" 43). The Vandals were involved in the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain, and also of Scotland, as were the Calucones (Kaloukones) who were also descendants of HELEK. A portion of them also moved to Ireland and Scotland.
The Calucones were a Gallic or Rhaetian tribe dwelling around present-day Chur (eastern Switzerland) during the Roman period. The Kaloukones, lived further north, near the Germanic Suebi. Segments of them both may have federated with the Vandals and moved westward.
Here we have elements from the Israelite Tribe of Manasseh through the Caledonians (Gilead). The son of Gilead "Helek" joined the Vandals and reached Britain, Ireland, and Scotland. The Vandals were otherwise connected to the Israelite Tribe of Asher.
2. Gilead and the Agathyrsi-Khazars.
"JEEZER," son of Gilead, actually has a name more correctly transliterated from the Hebrew-lettering as AIEZER or "Ai-g-azar". He forefathered at least a portion of the people known variously as "Gazari," "Agathyrsi," or "KHAZARS" whom it was believed (according to the report of Eldad HaDani in ca.880 CE) had descended from the Tribes of Simeon and Manasseh: "Jeezer" (pronounceable in Hebrew as "Ai-g-azar") belonged to Gilead of Manasseh. The Geography of Ravenna (ca. 700 CE) equated the Agathyrsi with the Khazars. Other sources link the Picts to the AGATHYRSI:
cf. Lempriere,
# PICTAE or PICTII, a people of Scythia. A company of these according, according to Servius, Virgil's commentator, emigrated to the northern parts of Britain, where they still preserved their name and savage manners...#
D.A. Mackenzie reported typical high cheekbones and super-imposed "Armenoid" features amongst both High- and Lowlanders in Scotland, something which may somehow be connected with the Khazars and Caucasus region.
Nevertheless, Classical German sources linked the Agathyrsi with the Guths (Goths) and with early Germanic Tribes. Some early Scottish and Irish accounts say that the Picts came from Scythia, went to Ireland, married women of the Milesian Hiberi, and from Ireland came to Scotland. This is is recalled in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The Picts used a type of horse harness known from the Don River region in southern Scythia. In the Pict area of Scotland there was a river named the Don and another called the Gadie. These names (i.e. "Don" and "Gadie") are traceable to Scythia and to the Goths and to the Israelite Tribes of Dan and Gad. The Pict symbols included a mirror and comb, and the sun appearing overhead of a sailing ship. Similar symbols have been reported from Scandinavia and from Ancient Egypt.
Both the Picts and the Agathyrsi were known for tattooing their bodies. The Picts used the Scythian art style and decorations similar to those of the Byzantines. According to D.A. MacKenzie the Picts were never very numerous and formed a military elite that ultimately came to dominate all of Scotland. The Picts claimed descent in common with the Scots from the Albani and/or 'People of Scythia' (/Gentes Scitiae/), and this is consistent with descent from the Agathyrsi.
William F. Skene (1809-1892, 'Chronicle of Picts and Scots,' p. 57) quotes from a Medieval source that associates Alban with Isaac (Isacon) father of Israel. Skene was an antiquarian of note and an associate of Walter Scott.
"O, all ye learned of Alban,
Ye well-skilled host of yellow hair,
What was the first invasion? Is it known to you?
Which took the land of Alban?
Albanus possessed it; numerous his hosts.
He was the illustrious son of Isacon.
He and Briutus were brothers without deceit.
From him Alban of ships has its name..."
The British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth has said that Brittus and Albanus were brothers, and sons of Hessitio [i.e. Isacon i.e. Isaac-Israel], and that from them came the nations of the Britti (Celtic British) and the Albani (Scottish Picts).
In Scotland the Picts (Caledonians) and Scotts forced the Romans to build two long constantly patrolled walls stretching from sea to sea and also to keep 10 per cent of all the Empire's soldiers permanently in preparation in Britain largely against possible Pictish incursions. This indicates that the Picts could be formidable opponents. The Picts were allies of the Angles and Saxons in the invasion of Britain. The Picts may have even been considered a kindred race to the Saxons. Ammianus Marcellinus referring to the Picts of Scotland spoke of the 'Saxon Picts' ("Pictos Saxonasque") and (in the opinion of John Jamieson) he, "seems to have viewed these as only different names given to contiguous and kindred nations"16. Ammianus may have considered the Picts and Saxons to have been one people.
"The Irish Book of Invasions" (Lebor Gabalarenn -The Book of the Taking of Ireland ca. 1000 CE) states that the Picts were descended from a Scythian named Gelon son of Hercules and that they were called Agathyrsi.
3, Aedd the Great
'Aeda' or 'Aed' is a common name in British Mythology. The Isle of Britain is referred to as "Ynis Prydain." This is said to literally mean "Isle of the Picts". Prydain represents the Picts. Prydain was the son of Aed the Great. The Welsh Triads say that Britain was once named "Eiddyn" or "Aeddon" apparently in honor of Aed. This name "Aed" links us to "Ad" in Arabic or Jewish-Arabic tradition. Ad was the brother of 'Hud' (i.e. Yehudah) who went to the Isles of the Blessed in the West. He represents the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel who moved to the British Isles.
The Akathyrsi like the Khazars had been reported in different areas of of southeast Europe but they were also heard of near the Baltic and the Danish King Frodo once fought against them. According to Roman reports a portion of the Agathyrsi moved from Europe and became known as the Picts or amalgamated with them.
Here we have elements from the Israelite Tribe of Manasseh through the Agathyrsi (Picts) reaching Scotland.
Amonst the tribe of Manasseh we find the clan of "Jeezer" (Aiezer, Aigazar) which is otherwise also known as the "ABI-EZRI" (Judges 6:11) to which the Judge Gideon belonged. Gideon (Judges ch.7) with three hundred carefully picked men ambushed at night a vast host of Midianites and Amalekites who were oppressing Israel.
We may therefore identify the Picts of Northern Scotland with the Clan of "Jeezer" of Gilead, son of Manasseh. We do this due to similarity of name with that of the Agathyrsi and the identity of the Latter with the Khazars who are also equated at least partly as from Manasseh. Other proofs confirm the Agathyrsi-Khazar equation. Traditions in Britain linking the Picts with Isaac forefather of the Israelites and proofs concerning the British in general that identify them with Israel especially the Tribes of Joseph, and in Scotland in particular that of Manasseh.
For more information concerning the KHAZARS (AND THEREFORE ALSO THE AGATHYRSI-PICTS) see our book: Hebrew Warriors. The Khazars.
The Veneti were a group of sea-faring warriors of probable Israelite-Phoenician descent.
In Gaul, to the south of the Veneti were the Pictones. Like the Veneti the Pictones were also a sea-faring people. The Pictones assisted the Romans against the Veneti. Whether or not there existed any kinship between the Picts of Scotland and the Pictones of Gaul is uncertain. The possibility however is worth bearing in mind since we do find a link between the Veneti and the Picts of Scotland. Edward DAWSON has described how, after the Veneti were defeated by the Romans under Julius Caesar, they moved to Britain. They at first were located in Scotland north of the Hadrian Wall and became known as the Venicones. This was the southern area of the Picts. The Picts were known for their navy which they used for raids on Roman Britain. It has been suggested that the Venicones deserve part of the credit for the Pictish maritime endeavors. Eventually the Romans defeated the Venicones. Some were re-settled in Northwest Wales, in previous Deceangli/Gangani territory. Henceforth this area was known as Gwynedd. It grew to encompass all of North Wales under the name of Venedotia. The term Venedotia is believed to be cognate with the Irish Fenni. Another group, the Votadini had neighbored the Venicones in Scotland. They too were resettled in Gwynedd in North Wales. They are referred to as Gododdin and in one version as Golodin. The Venicones when they were re-settled in Gwynedd had been led by Cunedda and his sons.
# Cunedda evolved into the modern Scottish name Kenneth. #
In Ancient Hebrew the name Cuned and Keneth could have been spelled the same way. Kenath in the Land of Israel had been the name of a group of townships associated with Yair (from Hetson of Judah) and with Machir of Gilead from Manasseh.
1-Chronicles 2:
21 NOW AFTERWARD HEZRON WENT IN TO THE DAUGHTER OF MACHIR THE FATHER OF GILEAD, WHOM HE MARRIED WHEN HE WAS SIXTY YEARS OLD; AND SHE BORE HIM SEGUB. 22 SEGUB BEGOT JAIR, WHO HAD TWENTY-THREE CITIES IN THE LAND OF GILEAD. 23 (GESHUR AND SYRIA TOOK FROM THEM THE TOWNS OF JAIR, WITH KENATH AND ITS TOWNS, SIXTY TOWNS.) ALL THESE BELONGED TO THE SONS OF MACHIR THE FATHER OF GILEAD.
See Also:
Asher and the Raven.
Tribal Animate Symbols in Action
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/tribes/asher1/raven.html
"Crannog" are dwelling built on stilts, and located in lakes just off the shore.
5. DNA conundrum.
Some of the pictures above concerning the Picts are taken from the web-site:
The Picts
https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/picts.html
This sites says:
# "DNA studies carried out in Scotland suggest an ancient story. Most Scots are descendants of the original hunter-gatherers who arrived in Scotland after the close of the last Ice Age. Several people, particularly in the western islands, are descended from farmers who arrived from the eastern Mediterranean during neolithic times. "
Other sources say that though Hunter-Gather heritage is stronger in Scotland than in England it is still very much less than that of Neolithic EEF (Early European Farmers). The Hunter-gatherers (H-Gs) H-G were mainly DNA haplogroup I2, maybe some G, perhaps one instance of an R1b. They were followed by the Neolithic Early European Farmers (EEFs) who were mainly haplogroup G2a, though haplogroups J, T, and R1b have also been found. Then came the Bell Beakers who were all R1b. The overwhelming majority of the Scots are now considered R1b from the BBs (Bell Beakers) who were almost entirely R1b and allegedly replaced ca. 90% of the rest.
According to this the only way one can have H-G ancestry is through the mothers. Is that what is meant? The Picts do not show any Genetic Change acknowledged as attributable to an Agathyrsi immigration. The Agathyrsi would have come from t he east, from the Steppe area. One source however says the Picts did experience an extra Bell Beaker infusion! This happening ca. 2000 years after it happened everywhere else according to conventional reckoning (though only a few hundred years according to our own understanding) can only mean new R1b arrival from the Steppe area.
cf. the following sources that may seem to contradict each other.
What Does the Average Irish Face Reveal About Ancestry?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x7o2XMHEWJM
Shows a similarity in facial features between Celtic Peoples of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland
and those of Ancient Anatolia (Turkey) of the "Neolithic families." This however contradicts other researches that somehow find more Neolthic Input among the English.
How Different from English People are the Irish?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DL64tVhnpuc
Says the Irish are closest to the Scottish.
Derived from Western Hunter Gatherers (WHGs) who mixed with the Neolithic farmers followed by the Steppe (BBs) who make up "more than half of the Irish Genome."
According to a 2024 study, Neolithic farmer ancestries are highest in modern southern and eastern England but lower in Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. "Neolithic Farmer Ancestries" however can only main via the women or else the Brit-Am solution needs to be adopted.
Steppe-related ancestries are inversely distributed, peaking in Scotland, Outer Hebrides and Ireland. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_the_British_Isles
See Also:
Genetic Change?
DNA Differences between Different sections of the Israelite Tribes.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/16/chronology/change.html
6. Addenda. The First Rulers of Poland were the Piasts. Were they of Scottish Pict Origin?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland
The first ruling dynasty, the Piasts, emerged in the 10th century AD. Duke Mieszko I, regarded as the creator of Polish statehood, adopted Western Christianity in 966 CE. Mieszko's dominion was formally reconstituted as a medieval kingdom in 1025 by his son Boles aw I the Brave, known for his military expansions. The most successful and the last Piast monarch, Casimir III the Great, presided over a period of economic prosperity and territorial aggrandizement before his death in 1370 without male heirs.
Did a Scottish Pict Dynasty One Rule over Poland?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5dfPKFncvA&t=317s
Extract:
What if I told you Poland's first royal dynasty might not
have been Slavic at all? Genetic research on the Piast dynasty has revealed
an incredible link. Their Y DNA points not east but far west. To the Scottish
Picts. Historians now believe that Poland's earliest rulers may have carried blood from the far edge of
Europe, and the clues go beyond genetics. Early Christian symbols found in Polish lands match those carved in
ancient Scotland. Echoes of a royal connection hidden for a thousand years!