- Lámfhind
Lámfhind (
Old Irish "White Hand"), son of Agnoman, was, according to medieval Irish historical traditions, an ancestor of the Milesians, who are said to have settled Ireland from theIberian Peninsula and from whom the lineages of most of the traditional High Kings were traced.According to the "
Lebor Gabála Érenn ", ["Lebor Gabála Érenn " [http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor1.html §19-25] ] the descendants ofGoídel Glas , the eponymous ancestor of theGael s, migrated from Egypt around the time of the Biblical Exodus, and settled inScythia . Several generations later they were expelled from Scythia after Agnoman killed Refloir, the Scythian king, and spent the next seven years wandering by sea in three ships lashed together. After Agnoman died on theCaspian Sea , Lámfind took leadership of the exiles, along with his brother Allot and their cousin Caicher thedruid . Caicher protected his people from the song of theSiren s by melting wax into their ears, and prophesied that in 300 years their descendants would settle in Ireland. Lámfhind led them to settle in the Macotic Marshes (Gothia, according toGeoffrey Keating ), [Geoffrey Keating , "Foras Feasa ar Éirinn" [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text027.html 1.27] ] where he had a son, Eber Glúnfhind. Eight generations later his descendant Brath would lead his people from there to Spain, where Brath's sonBreogán would spy Ireland from the top of a tower.References
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