Cruithne: Legendary King, His Seven Sons And The First Celtic Tribe That Inhabited British Isles

AncientPages.com | May 27, 2023

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An ancient myth says that at the beginning of time, there was a legendary king of the Picts, Cruithne (from the Gaelic word: 'An Cruithain' (Pict) - naturally, 'painted people,' was a son of Cing (in Gaelic: 'strong or brave').


Considered to be the father of the Picts, Cruithne, the first king of the Picts, reigned for a hundred years. He had seven sons, and their names were: Fib, Fidach, Foclaid (or Fotla), Fortrenn, Caitt (or Cat), Ce, and Circenn.

If Cruithne really existed, he would have lived about 442 or 476 BC. Historically speaking, the myth seems accurate. These seven provinces did exist within Pictish territories.

In his book, 'The Problem Of The Picts' F.T. Wainwright mentions an ancient account of Scotland called 'De Situ Albanie,' the first of seven Scottish documents ('Pictish Chronicles ') recorded in the so-called 'Poppleton Manuscript,' probably written between 1202 and 1214, in the reign of the William the Lion, by a French-speaking resident of Scotland (north of the Forth).

'Cruithne' also refers to the whole tribe of people – one of the earliest Celtic tribes known to have inhabited Ireland and Britain, who appeared in the British Isles between approximately 800 and 500 BC.

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