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Cattle Calling - If anyone doubts that we in Anglo-American societies throughout the world have
inherited Pict culture, here is one that will dispel those doubts. I have questioned people who grew
up in the 1930s, 40s and 50s from the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia to Lanark County in Ontario,
and without exception, if they called cattle home at all; they all used the common term - "HERE
BOSS!".
No one I questioned knew why they used that name, and the startling fact remains - the extinct cow
the Picts kept, and called in every night was - Bos Tauru s in Latin. The same cattle call Pict boys
used, has been handed down generation after generation through their Scottish descendants. With
the advent of public education in Albann, (which was controlled by the Church clergy), every Pict boy
was taught the Latin name for common terms such as "bos".
Defender of the Faith – In 706AD, Nehhtonn III initiated a remarkable tradition by seizing control of
the Pictish Church. He placed himself at the head of the Church becoming “Defender of the Faith”, a
position and responsibility; which has been handed down through all British monarchs ever since.
Today, each Monarch of the United Kingdom is solemnly proclaimed as the “Defender of the Faith” at
his/her coronation ceremony, in the Pict fashion. This title is also included in every legal contract the
British sovereign is party to (i.e. Crown Patent Land Grants).
The English term 'Bride' - The Picto/Celtic father god was Dagda. His daughter was the goddess
of fertility, Brigid. People prayed to Brigid for fertility in all things, animals, crops and even children.
She was so popular that a reincarnation of her occurred in the form of an Irish Pict girl from Kildaire,
Saint Brigid, (451– 525. She is known variously as Bridgid, Brigit, Bridget, Bridgit, Bríd or Bride
(Breton: Brigitte)) (Irish: Naomh Bríd). She is believed by some churches to have been an Irish
Christian nun, abbess, and founder of several convents who is venerated as a saint. She is
considered one of Ireland's patron saints along with Saints Patrick and Columba. Her feast day is
February 1, the traditional first day of Spring in Ireland, which coincided with the feast day of the
Celtic saint Bridgid of the same name. Our modern term “Bride” was derived from her. It is uniquely
Irish, Welsh, Gaelic, Breton and English, whereas the French term is Mariée, and has no connection
whatsoever with Bridgid.

Groundhog Day - Imbolc was one of the four principal festivals, celebrated among all Picto/Celtic
cultures, either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. Most commonly it is
celebrated on February 1st, which falls halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox
in the northern hemisphere.
Originally dedicated to the Celtic goddess Brigid. With the advent of Christianity, it was adopted as
St Brigid's Day. In Albann, the festival was also known as Là Fhèill Brìghde, in Ireland as Lá Fhéile
Bríde, and in Wales as Gŵyl Fair. Imbolc was traditionally a time of weather prognostication, and the
old tradition of watching to see if serpents or badgers came from their winter dens. It was the
precursor to the North American Groundhog Day.
Canada's Civic Holiday – August 1st
- Calan Onnus was one of the four main festivals of the Pict
calendar. It was held on August 1st, the traditional end of the growing season. Early Celtic calendars
were based on the lunar, solar, and vegetative cycles -- and the precession of the equinoxes -- so the
actual calendar date in ancient times may have varied. It also marked the beginning of the harvest
season, the harvest of Grain, the ripening of first fruits, and was traditionally a time of community
gatherings, market festivals, horse races and reunions with distant family and friends. It was a
favored time for handfastings - trial marriages that would generally last a year and a day, with the
option of ending the contract before the new year, or later formalizing it as a more permanent
marriage.
 

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Brochs Another defensive tool of the Picts was the Broch. Unique to the Picts, brochs were windowless stone towers up to and above 40 feet in height. "Broch" is a P-Celtic word, and is not in the Irish or Scottish Gaelic dictionaries, but is found in the modern Welsh dictionary under "anger". This indicates that brochs were definitely used in anger as a defensive lookout and/or as a refuge from attack. There were separate storage spaces within the walls to support a long siege. Over 500 are recorded, usually at prominent coastal sites with a good view of the surrounding territory. The walls were hollow with winding stairways leading to the top. Some of them were located beside precipitous cliffs and were protected by large ramparts. Carbon dating has placed Brochs in the period, 100BC to 200AD. They include some of the most sophisticated examples of drystone architecture ever created. Locations of Brochs in Albann Brochs were built throughout Albann, especially in the northern and western shores, indicating sea borne raiders were a great threat to the inhabitants of those areas long before the Viking era. However, several were built in Argyll (400 years before the advent of the Scots), and some were located as far south as the English border area, indicating a common Pict culture throughout northern Britain. It is ludicrous to claim Picts never lived in Argyle or the Hebrides. In Orkney, there are about a dozen Brochs on the facing shores of Eynhallow Sound, and many at the exits and entrances of the great harbour of Scapa Flow. In Sutherland, many brochs are placed along the sides and at the mouths of deep valleys. In 1956, John Stewart suggested that brochs were obviously built by a military society to scan and alert the countryside of attack by sea; a type of distant early warning system.
 

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The MacNaughtons - Derived from the Pict, Nehhtonn, Latin = Neptune, (Gaelic = Neachdainn), Anglicized to Naughton, meaning "pure one". Nehhtonn III was the King of Moray, therefore High King of the Picts, who founded Abernethy, and built hundreds of Stone churches throughout Albann. Many members of the Nehhtonn family moved to Ulster in the AD400s, and were included in the Irish Picts, who the Gaels called "Cruithne". Some eventually changed their surname to Norton. The clan opposed Bruce, but later pledged loyalty to his descendants, the Stewarts. PICTISH PHILOLOGY The Study of a Lost Language What language did the ancient Picts actually speak? As linguists uncover more of the foundations of Basque and Pictish, recent discoveries have indicated that an early branch of Indo-European separated from the central European group, and formed a western fringe dialect in Iberia and the Pretannic Isles. After 200BC, languages in the British Isles were split into three main groups; Q-Celtic (Goidelic) as spoken by the Milesians of Southern Ireland and some semi-isolated Picts in western Albann, P-Celtic (Cumbric) spoken by the Cymru south of the Firth of Forth, and a Proto-Celtic/WestNorse/Goidelic/Brythonic mixed dialect spoken by the Cruithni (Picts) of Albann and Ulidia. The proof of this is that several distinctly Pict names were Goidelic in nature, while others were Brythonic. In addition, there were doubtlessly several peculiar hinterland dialects spoken in semiisolated communities i.e. the western lochs of Argyle, the Hebridies, Orkney, the Shetlands and the Faroes. The first Celtic language in Britain has been referred to as Gallo-Brythonic. The most likely scenario is that pre-historical Pictish was a Proto-Celtic language, while historical Pictish borrowed (and adjusted) words from first; Goidelic, then Brythonic, but customized them to a Pictish norm, thereby rendering them distinct. What is the evidence of this? In place names, and king lists. A previously unexplained oddity was the existence of several Celtic type word structures in PreCeltic Pictish. The recent acceptance of a Proto-Celtic offshoot of Early Celtic branching out far earlier than previously thought, explains these phenomena. At the eastern end of the Antonnine Wall was a place called Peanfahel in Pictish, which can be argued to be of Celtic structure, but remains unique, as it contains both Brythonic and Goidelic structures (pean being Brythonic and fahel being Goidelic). The Cape facing Orkney is Cape Orcas, a word that is found in ancient Irish, not ancient Brythonic. However, there is no proof it was exclusively Goidelic. In Pictish, a farm lot was called Pit, a valley was called Dal and the confluence of two rivers was called Aber. The word, Caledon is not Celtic, it may be Latinized Proto-Celtic. Out of thirty-eight place names in Ptolemy's map of Albann, only sixteen were recognized as Celtic, the rest being pre-Celtic (or Proto-Celtic), and found within the Pict heartland of Moray. (i.e. Damnil, Alamis, Tinna, Loxa, Naneus, Itys, Vedra, Brgita, Gadeni, Selgoua, Nouius, Abos and, Otadeni. By the first century AD, there were an assortment of Celtic people living in Albann, none of which were recognized as Goidelic. The Pictish fetish for doubling of consonants may have originated from contact with the Beaker people, who are now recognized as treking into western Europe from the north-east (Balkans). In fact, the only other place in Europe, where people double up on consonants in a similar manner is in the Balkans, where place names such as Tallinn are common. In the realm of Pictish king names, some do not appear to be Celtic, i.e. Drust, and Urb (pronounced Erb). Uist was Old Norse for west, and a High King, (Uist, ruled Albann in 230 – 235AD). Others are definitely P-Celtic such as: Bran, Uuen, Taran, and Onnus. Others such as Talorhh (pronounced Talorg), Tallorggann, Uurdoll (Ferthol), Uuradd (Froid), Nehhtonn (Nektan) and Uurgus (Fergus) are QCeltic in structure, as they all incorporate a hard "C" or "F" sound but some are translations from other languages; old Norse, ancient Greek, low Germanic, classical Latin and Proto Celtic. Historical era mainstream Picts definitely spoke a "peculiar" dialect of Brythonic P-Celtic, as they never used an actual "C" or "F" to begin names. They used the Proto-Celtic root "UR", which meant man, (the Goidelic equivalent is Fear) to form several popular names that began with the "FER" sound, such as UURADD, which is similar to the old Breton Uuoret; which meant refined, UURGUS, which meant "vigorous", UURDOL, which meant "exalted" or Man of the valley, and URB, which meant "prepared". Page 131 Gaelic Monks translated all four names; in some instances as the phonetic sound they heard i.e. Froid, Fergus, Ferthol and Erbin. In other instances they actually spelled them correctly; (usually in the Latin column) i.e. Uuradd, Uurgus, Uurddoll and Urb. The letter “W” was not introduced into the Latin alphabet until the 11thcentury, so before that time, the “W” sound was universally represented by two “U”s, (often written as VV). We know that the Picts could not pronounce the “W” sound because every instance where they used “UU” they pronounced it as “FE”, and that was how the Gaelic Monks wrote it. This anomaly is similar to how “W” is pronounced in all Scandinavian countries and north Germany) so we know that Scandinavians and/or north Germans had a great impact on the formation of the Pictish language. The Picts introduced Brythonic Celts to many words with double consonants (i.e. Boudicca), and some have endured to be popular today in English societies; such as - Cinnidd, Elliott, Tannodd, Donnell, Darrell, Carroll, Connell, Terrell, Murray, Dusticc and Innis (from the Brythonic "enez", meaning island). One restraining problem we English speaking people have with correctly interpreting an unknown language is that we habitually Anglicize words to force them to conform to our "straight jacket" idea of what is correct. I.e. when an Ogham obviously lists TALLORH, we write it as Talorc, forgetting that we have names in English that end in "H" such as Leah and Sarah. There is the "pit" word;Pit was a Pict name which was not used south of the Antonine Wall in historic times. A vindication of this explanation is contained in Nicholas Ostler's, "A Language History of the World", where he wrote: "In fact, some strange changes came over Celtic in the British Isles, as nowhere else; verb - subject - object as a basic word order, mutation of initial consonants, conjugated prepositions and strange locutions to express status and activity- - These strangenesses were really inherited from the lost previous language of the earlier inhabitants, perhaps spoken by the civilization that raised megalithic monuments. Failing to learn the incoming language(s) fully, they simply continued with many features of their old language". The study of the now-extinct Pictish language is riddled with contradictions and controversy. Long-standing theories have been tossed aside. It was first believed to be unrelated to early Celtic but now scholars are rethinking that premise. "Indo-European" refers to an inter-related language group that is found in a swath from Europe through the Middle East to Northern India, including Sanskrit.
 

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The most plausible explanation is that ancient Pictish was spoken by the same peoples who spoke varieties of Basque, as both are offshoots of the main grouping, and no one rejects the theory that the British Isles were originally populated by people from the ancient Basque regions of northern Spain and Southwestern France. Later immigrants and visitants added their unique flourishes to the native language, giving it a more cosmopolitan nature. By 800BC, when the first Goidelic Celts arrived en-masse from Gaul, the language of the aboriginals was a mixture of Proto Celtic, Old Western Norse and Proto North Germanic. The die had been set, and Picts exhibited a uniquely stubborn inability to pronounce the “W” sound, an obviously Germanic (but not Celtic) characteristic. This one feature of Pictish would dramatically differentiate it from both Goidelic and Brythonic Celtic, and would survive to the present day in some areas of northern Scotland. It is possible that the alternate names given to some Pict kings were later hypocoristic versions of the proper names. I.e. Drust (Drostan), Tallorhh (Tallorggann), Brud (Bridei). Common English hypocoristic names are: Chuck (Charles), Hank (Henry), Bob (Robert) and Betty (Elizabeth). Picts added the suffix “nan” in several instances to the noun stem as an adjective (similar to the early Indo-European suffix an); i.e. the Greek Apollo became Polnan, the Celtic Gallic became Galanann. In The Ulster Circle a person from the Isle of Mann was called Mannanan. Others of record are Conan, Donan and Kanan. Unan is uniquely listed in Breton as self, which was borrowed from Pictish lexicon. The similarity between an and nan is an excellent indicator of Pre-Celtic Pictish being an offshoot of early IndoEuropean. Saint Adomnán of Iona (627–704) was Abbot of Iona (679–704), hagiographer, statesman and clerical lawyer; he was the author of Life of Saint Columba, and promulgator of the "Law of Innocents", also called Cáin Adomnáin, "Law of Adomnán". In the early Ulster Counties of Derry and Donegal, a popular English form of his name is Saint Eunan, from the Gaelic Naomh Adhamhnán. Adomnán was his Pictish name. Page 132 The Other "Pictish Chronicles” The first known list of Kings of Albann is known as "List One", and was found in Paris in the fourteenth century, along with a later Scottish Chronicle, and both are thought to date from the tenth century. Where did the Irish chroniclers get their information on Pict kings? It has been suggested by many objective historians that the original names of the kings were written in their Pictish forms by Picts. There is a legend that the original list of Kings in the Pictish Chronicles was written truthfully by Picts for Picts. This is based on the fact that in at least four instances, the only parent listed was a woman. That sort of reporting would never have been divulged in the ultra-patriarchal world of Columban monasteries, where everyone believes those records were transcribed into Gaelic and Latin. The original Gaelic version was written during Kenneth's reign, as Kenneth's death was not listed therein. Those versions of the Pictish Chronicles used fake names and distorted versions of P-Celtic names, never with the correct Brythonic spelling. If an original document ever existed, it was purposefully destroyed by either Scottish racists or Viking looters, and replaced later with carelessly translated replicas. The most obvious weakness in those various Chronicles is their inconsistencies compared to each other. After reading several of them, one comes away with the incontrovertible feeling that a novice fifteen year old could come up with better translations. The extreme racial bias of those Gaelic Monks is apparent in some of the outrageous claims made that reflect poorly on the Picts. i.e. “Kenneth MacAlpin was given a reign of 16 years” when he actually reigned for 10 years. “The Picts thought they were above the law, and were doomed to be punished”, which is a reference to the objection by Picts to Gaelic Brehan Laws. Also, it is claimed Kenneth slew all the Pict nobles in a state dinner as revenge on his father's ignoble death. That scenario was invented about 1220AD, 370 years after the fact, and was simply an effort to eulogize Kenneth as the first “King of Scots”, which he wasn’t. The Annals of Ulster are a far more reliable source for that period, and they referred to him as “Rex Pictorum” upon his death in 858. All objective historians consider the claim that Kenneth Mac Alpin was anti-Pict to be ridiculous, as there was never any independent verification or any historical legends of it happening. In those days (as well as in the present), sons raised by their mothers often turned against their fathers. Most Pict sons who were raised by their mother's agents, never met their fathers. In Albann society there was an ingrained tradition of raising a ruling class son by a foster father (and tutor), who answered to the mother. In this way, the son would be raised to appreciate the culture and values of his mother's people, not those of his (often absent) father. The recorded fact that only the mothers of many Pict High Kings were listed tells us volumes about their society. One version of the Pictich Chronicles even listed 'Der Llei' as 'Deleli' (as a man) and had her married to another woman, in an effort to cover up the fact there was no father listed in the original.. The actual reason why the father was not mentioned for many High Kings, was due to the obvious fact the father was not important enough to mention.. He played no part in his sons education, and he may have never met his son.
 

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istinct from v & i, were introduced in the 1500s, w assumed status of a separate letter. Page 138 Words Borrowed From Pictish • The Pict word for confluence, estuary was ABER. It was carried intact into Welsh and Gaelic. • The Pict pronunciation of Gaulish Eqwol was KEFFEL. It became Ceffyl in Welsh. • The Pict name QUANN became the Scottish Mac Ewan. There is no “Q” in Welsh. • The Pict word for protector was UURGUS. It became Fearghus in Gaelic, Fergus in English. • The Pict word for hunter was CINNIDD. It became Cynyd In Welsh and Cemoyth in Gaelic. • The Pict word for mother was MAMM. It became mamm in Breton, and mam in Welsh. • The Pict name EDDARNONN became Ithernan in Northern Irish. • The Pict word for farm, portion was PIT, and was carried intact into Gaelic. • The Pict word for meadow was DAL. It became dal in Gaelic as field, plain, and dale in English. • The Pict word for valley was DOL. It was carried into Welsh intact. • The Pict word for trustworthy was ONNUS). It became onest in Welsh, and honest in English. • The Pict name for Augustus was ONNUS. It became Oenghus in Gaelic and Angus in English. • The Pict word for Thor was TALORHH (pronounced Talorg). It became Talog in Welsh. • The Pict word for “Protected by Thor” was TALLORGGANN. It became Talorcen in Gaelic. • The Pict word for noble was BONNEDD. It became bonedd in Welsh. • The Pict word for handsome was BLANN. It became glân in Welsh. • The Pict word for dignified, exalted was URDOLL. It was carried into Welsh intact. • The Pict word for affable, decent was TALLADD. It became taliaidd in Welsh. • The Pict word for Seer was BRUD. It became Brodie in English. • The Pict word for Neptune was NEHHTONN. It became MacNaughton or Naughton in English. • The Pict word for wolf was BLADD. It became blaidd in Welsh and bleiz in Breton. • The Pict for with, GANN, became Gant, Ganin, Ganit, Gantan, Ganti and Ganto in Breton. • The Pict word for Heracles was GRIG. It became Grioghair in Gaelic and Gregor in English. • The Pict word for woodcutter was TERRELL. It became Torrwr in Welsh. • The Pict word for chief was GRUUN. It became Griffin in Welsh. • The Pict word for polite was UURADD. It became Uuoret in Breton and foirfe in Gaelic. • The Pict word for twin was TAUUS (tavis). It became Tamhais in Gaelic and tavish in English. • The Pict word for kin was CARENNIDD. It became Ceraint in Welsh and Cairdeas in Gaelic. • The Pict word for a type of fish, POLLAG became the English word Pollock. • The Pict word for prince was TOOSOG. It became Tywysog in Welsh. • The Pict word for son of the foreignor was GALANANN. It became Gartnaich in Gaelic. • The Pict word for Jupiter was UPIDD. It became Udair in old Celtic, and Upatar in Gaelic. • The Pict word for handsome was LLANN. It became Glan in Welsh and Aillidh in Gaelic. • Due to Pict influences, the Breton word for mother is Mamm, the Welsh is Mam. There are many words in Irish, Welsh, Breton and Gaelic that had their roots in Pictish but most are lost now. Some place names in Scotland today are of obvious Pictic origin: Aberdeen, Aberchirder, Abercrombie, Aberdour, Aberlemno, Abernethy, Abernyte, Aberfoyle, Aberuthven, Applecross, Pitcairn, Pittenweem, Pittodrie, Pitlochry, Pitmedden, Pitsligo, and many others. The extreme doubling up of consonants in modern Welsh is directly attributed to the effects of the prior indigenous Pictish language. The explanation of this influence is that, when an invading army takes over a much larger indigenous population, the new “rulers” merely form a crust over the much larger body. Eventually, the language of the majority will overwhelm that of the upper crust. This phenomenon occurred when the Romans left Britain. Their Latin language left with them, and in a few years, it was largely forgotten because it never flourished as a common language of the masses. Page 139 Credibility The Pictish Chronicles and their contemporaries (i.e. Ulster Annals) are mostly useful when considering their phonetic value. There is no question that in several instances, the writers of the Pictish Chronicles tried to match the phonetic sound of certain names. (albeit with Gaelic flourishes); i. e. Uuradd = Ferat. Brud = Bret. Uurddoll = Ferthol. Thankfully, Latin segments occasionally listed nearly correct P-Celtic names. All efforts have been to reflect the original Pict/Brythonic names. Two charts are included to simplify those instances where there may be confusion. Three versions of the Pictish Chronicles, contemporary Annals, and several examinations of those documents were studied for accuracy, similarities and verifications. The author placed more emphasis on the "A" version of the Pictish Chronicles as it is considered to be the first, and the least aberrant of the Gaelic Monk-authored versions. Any objective reader will readily ascertain upon reading these "Pictish Chronicles", that they are (similar to any state-sponsored propaganda) a mixture of fantasy and distortion, mixed with enough obvious fact as to not seem utterly ridiculous. To sift through the fakery, one must do considerable research to understand the bias of the Gaelic authors. There are some factual records in the Chronicles that are priceless, and some appear nowhere else. For that reason alone, they should be treated as precious historical records, distorted and embellished with occasional fantasy based on an insanely religious and racial hatred. All the known histories we have of the Picts were written by their enemies, with the exceptions of a few sparse inscriptions in Ogham in stone. The following chapter is an effort to sift through the fabrications, and uncover the facts of those original documents. Of all the contemporary records, the Annals of Ulster are the most objective. It must also be taken into consideration that some names would have naturally evolved to become more elaborate to reflect the growing sophistication of society. To maintain authenticity, many earlier known names are maintained herein. The following table illustrates that comparing common words in families of languages, can reflect the history of those languages. It can divulge with those they had encountered. For instance, Breton, Cornish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic all had unique contact with earlier inhabitants of Britain. Similarly, the Spanish and Irish had unique contacts with the Carthaginians of Iberia, and the Germans had contact with Celts of the upper Danube. Some words in English, German and many other languages are derived from Gaulish (such as booty, dad, extra, free, iron, mentor, pony and wood). Words that were picked up from outside a particular family group are outlined in red. Anyone who may question the Pictish “HH” as a replacement for the English “G” sound, should consider the Czech spelling of their capital City, Praha, which is pronounced as pra:g (written in English) or praћa (written in Czech), where the Slavonic “ћ” is emphasized to sound like a “g”. The Czech language belongs to the eastern, or “satem” division of Indo-European, and employs some letters similar to those Picts used. Similarities such as this between Pictish and some other Indo-European derived languages have convinced Linguists that Pictic was actually an early western offshoot of Indo-European, although the Picts uniquely used 'icc' to denote femininity (i.e. Drust/Drusticc, Uurgus/Uurgusticc).
 

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Tacitus wrote about "Calgacus", the Battle Commander of the Caledonians at the Battle of Mons Gramenius in AD84. This was an obvious Latinized version of a Pict name. Some learned people think his real name was Gilgid, others think it was Girom or Galanann. (I think Galanann is the best fit). We may never know for certain, unless by some stroke of luck, we come across a stone inscription with the name of the real leader on it someday. One valuable example is "Nehhtonn filius Tallorh", found in Aboyne. That particular Nehhtonn did not have a recorded father in the Pictish king lists. "EDDARRNONN" is in several Pict inscriptions. This name is verified by the existence of a Bishop Ethernan of Rathlin (in Ulster), and with the entry of "Ithernan" in the Irish Annals in 669. This is not a Celtic name, so he was definitely a Pict.

The Christian Envy Of Europe Ancient Albann, comprising the Northern Pict kingdom, the Southern Pict kingdom, the Orkney and Shetland archipelagos, Dalriada, the Isle of Mann, the Faroes and Tulli at the end of the seventh and the opening of the eighth century, was the most Christian and civilized jurisdiction in Europe. The Christianity of Albann, unlike that of most continental countries at that period, was drawn from the Bible, and was of the kind, which goes to the very roots of individual and national life. A suffocating burden had been lifted from the people. Scholars began to revisit their past and recorded their ancient history in illuminated manuscripts throughout the country. Instead of expending itself in elaborate Roman rites and ceremonies, it developed in the quiet and enriching virtues of purity, truth, industry, and sobriety—a true civilization under the umbrella of the Pict “Celtic” Church. Iona, in Dalriada, the ritual centre of the Scottish “Columban” Church, had for a century and a half, been shedding its evangelical light over the entire country. Five generations had been reared under it. The land was fairly planted with churches. The pastors who ministered to the Picts were well trained in Divine learning, and were dedicated pious, humble, laborious, and, in many instances, studious and scholarly men. The education of youth was cared for in Latin as well as Cumbric. The population, happily relieved from the distractions of war, cultivated the arts of the time, both ornamental and useful. The same men who interpreted scripture to them taught them how to use the pen and the chisel, how to construct their dwellings and cultivate their fields. The sons of princes and nobles from all over the British Isles and continental Europe were proud to enroll themselves as pupils in the school of Iona. Scholars from abroad came to visit a land that had become so famous, that they might increase their stores of knowledge. Many kings, when dying, commanded that their bones be transported across the North Sea, ferried over to the island of Colum-Cille, and laid beneath the shadow of its saintly towers.
 

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The Pict Renaissance
How do we know there actually were authentic Pict language lists of Pict Kings? After (fake christianity)Christianity
swept through Albann beginning in 565, many Pict Druids became Monks and Priests. Before
Christianity, they kept all knowledge unto themselves in secret, but after Christianity, they embarked
on a remarkable renaissance of Art and Literature, recording their history and culture in marvelously
artistic ways. It is well known that the southern Pictic Church was exclusive as far as its relations
with the Scots were concerned. Scots were not allowed access to the Pictic Church hierarchy until
Grig brought in new laws that admitted them, and that was his undoing.
The Picts' belief in the power of nature appears in the thousands of detailed designs that have
survived. Exquisite brooches and pins are swirled with enameled designs in deep reds, blues,
greens, and golds. Celtic artisans let their imaginations go wild, and the result was a beautiful mix of
religious and natural motifs. Contrary to Roman reports that the Celts had no art, magnificent Celtic
art that has surfaced, has proven that they were one of the most artistic cultures the world has ever
known. It stands to reason, one of the first records they would have recorded would have been a list
of Pict Kings as far back as legends and traditions would have allowed. Most of those priceless
illuminated manuscripts were destroyed. Some invaluable Pict objects have surfaced in Europe
where they were previously sold.
Would those records have been recorded in P-Celtic and not Gaelic? Most certainly, several P-Celtic
dialects were spoken by everyone in Albann, outside of the Scots of Dalriada from the 4th century AD
to the late 9th century AD, a period of over 500 years. The Pict Church had a monopoly on all
Churches and Monasteries in Albann for a period of 315 years. That was plenty of time for Pict
Monks to put to the pen their own history and traditions. That none of those stories have survived
intact, lays a heavy suspicion not only on the Vikings but also on the Scottish monks who had an
agenda to wipe out Pict culture.
Pict Succession Traditions
Albann was roughly divided into seven provinces, each ruled by a king, whose family was quite
capable of creating a High King. Each provincial king ruled over seven lesser lords and their
retainers. There were about half a million subjects scattered throughout the country, with the bulk of
them living in the north and east. The south as far as Northumberland was their “stomping” territory,
patrolled regularly to ensure no encroachments would go unchallenged. The traditions inherited by
the Picts provided that the best candidate from a ruling family should succeed rather than simply the
first borne son of the former king. Primogeniture played no part in the selection of a new Pict King.
The departed king was more often succeeded by a brother, maternal nephew or cousin. High Kings
were elected in a limited hereditary system. First, a recommendation by the clan, with a heavy input
by the high Druids, then by an actual election by the sub-Kings and District Chiefs (Mormaers).
Although the family of the former ruler usually chose the new king, after he was chosen and took his
throne they believed he was destined to be the leader. They believed the gods guided the former
ruling family and the Chief Druids in their quest. The king was believed to be a sacred, semi-divine
being. He was immensely important to the well being of his people. However, if he failed to measure
up to expectations, his own family would turn on him.
This ancient Pict belief in a divine selection to rule was passed on through successive generations of
Albann/Scottish kings, and was the basis of the Stuart Dynasty's well known "Divine Right To Rule"
philosophy. The Stuarts used it in their insistence the King answered to no one but God. That idea
did not sit well with the English Parliament, and it eventually caused the downfall of the Stuarts. The
English king, John, had signed the Magna Carta in 1215, which primarily served the interests of the
nobility, and stipulated the king was not above the law. When the Stuarts arrived, the English were in
no mood to set the clock back 400 years.
 

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Literally 'Seed of Alpin'. ('Alpin' was Pict for 'white'). Much has been written about this enigmatic brotherhood of ancient clans. However, there are many unanswered questions about its beginnings and family ties. Among the most puzzling of which was its unwavering recognition as Clan Gregor being its senior branch. If it really descended from Alpin of Kintyre, why did Clan Gregor, which descended from Grig (a Pict), hold such a prominent position within it? The answer is obvious when checking the actual ancestry. Six of the seven clans were actually descended from Grig, not Alpin. The only member clan which was not descended from Grig was Clan MacNab, and that probably explains why it sometimes took opposite sides in the Scottish wars than did the MacGregors. Then there is the recorded fact that Grig killed Aed to replace him as King, which was a common way of ascending the throne in those days. Another question is - Why did Clan Gregor become so firmly entrenched in the Jacobite cause when it was one of the prime targets of oppression when the Stuarts were in power and the MacGregors were mostly Protestant, while the Stuarts remained stubbornly Catholic? The answer has to be that “blood is thicker than water”, in other words, Clan Gregor was spawned by the same family of which the Stuarts claimed descendency – a close-knit Pict Oligarchy. After a long period of misinformation, it is now universally recognized by all objective historians that Kenneth, the founder of the MacAlpin dynasty, was a 100% Pict nationalist, not Scottish
 

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Myths, Legends, Slaves and Lies

Beginning in the latter part of the eighth century, the Norse cast long shadows across Western Europe. Asking no favour and giving none, they carved out a cultural Empire on the northern fringe of humanity. Their predominant activity was slave trading. They referred to the rugged Picts and Irish as Vestmenn (Westmen), who were very popular as slaves in the countries of the Mediterranean. After the first raids, most Albann homes in the north were positioned so that they were hidden from the sea. Communities and powerful families built huge lookouts, called Brochs, on prominent headlands with commanding views far out to sea. These unique refuges were most prominent in the far north along the coast and in the Orkney and Shetlands, in the Hebrides and along the northeastern shore of Moray. When they intended to stay in an area, they would secure a point of land by erecting a defensive earthen wall at its edge. As their numbers increased, they would extend their holding and build another wall. In this way they often gradually overwhelmed the previous inhabitants. Many of these magnificent defensive earthen and dry stone walls are still in evidence. Whenever Vikings managed to overwhelm an area, they would kill or enslave the inhabitants they managed to catch. Inhabitants all along the northern coasts would pray to their gods for deliverance from the Viking heathens from Hell. They managed to overrun the Shetlands, Orkney, Hebrides, the Isle of Mann, the Faeroes and Tulli (Iceland). They denigrated their victims, calling them dwarfs, Papars (Christians), and worse. If Picts were dwarfs, why is present day Inverness (their traditional power base) the home of the tallest people in the British Isles? Vikings never conquered Moray (present day Inverness) or other areas of south-eastern Albann because the Picts were too well organized and numerous there. They raided villages, and enslaved but they could not manage to maintain a permanent presence. Pict armies eventually drove them out of all present day Scotland.

However, in Tulli(thule), the Faeroes, the Shetlands, and the Isle of Mann, they probably supplanted nearly all the previous Pict male populations. Only in the Hebrides and the Orkney, did they assimilate the native Picts. After they became Christianized, their historians lied to the world, and reinvented their past, cleansing their savage ways with myths of heroes, adventurers and empty lands.
 

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PICT PRINCESSES
THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE
Queen Medb (Maev in Gaelic) Pict Queen of Connaught 150BC
The Untold Story
Pict Female Circumstances
Dio Cassius wrote: "The Empress, Julia Augusta, taunted the wife of Argentocoxus, a Caledonian
(Pict) envoy in Rome, accusing Caledonian women of copulating promiscuously with their husbands.
The Caledonian retorted: "We have openly intercourse with the best men while you Roman women
are polluted secretly with the worst men." The Roman historian Plutarch described a battle in 102
B.C. between Romans and Celts: "The fight had been no less fierce with the women than with the
men... the women charged with swords & axes falling upon their opponents uttering a hideous cry."
In the movie, Guinevere is a brave and determined warrior, and a Pict. Women warriors were common
among the native people of Britain. Julius Caesar remarked that it was hard to face the painted tribes
people from the North (Picts) but that their women were even more fearsome and terrible!
The Irish and the Romans were horrified to see Pict women soldiers fighting fiercely alongside men.
This could have been a tradition inherited from those early Celts (i.e. Boudicca), who came over to
Britain as early as 800BC, or it could have been a tradition handed down through the millennia by the
earlier Proto Norse Neolithic peoples.
The Cruithni (Picts) of Ulster appear to have converted from a Matrilinial to a Tanist succession
system in 81BC, 900 years before the Pict Oligarchy of Albann became Tanist. Before this point, not
one Uladh king succeeded his father. Afterward, most did. This was doubtlessly the result of
influences from the Gaodhail of Southern Ireland, the dominant culture on the island.
The fact remains; Historical Picts included women in their warrior class. This cultural ideology
probably originated from their Pre-historic roots. The recorded fact that British Celts had famous
women warriors long after they were out of fashion on the continent cannot be entirely explained by
their isolation from their European kin. It is a well-known fact, a thriving trade flourished between
Britain and the continent at the time of the first and second Roman incursions into Britain. Tacitus,
Columba and Adámnan wrote of this. Pict women were the equals of men in all things except actual
accession to the throne. That did not exempt them from being the power behind the throne.
Adámnán's mother was horrified when she witnessed a Pict female charioteer throw a grappling hook
device and tore the breast out of an opposing female Pict soldier. Peter Berresford Ellis wrote in his
book, The DRUIDS (which has been described as a wealth of material): "So, once again, the
remarkable place of women is reaffirmed."
Tacitus wrote in his Annals "The Celts freely accept women as their rulers, and as their army
commanders." Pict women were entirely free to enter into fields of endeavour that some modern
women still dream of; i.e. Women were goddesses, priestesses, saints, Druids, soldiers (even battle
Commanders), financiers, astrologers, trades-people, et al.
It was only when the Pictic Church became sublimate to the Mediterranean-based Roman church that
the patriarchal system forced women into a position of servitude. The name of Ireland itself “Éire”, is
the name of one of the three female triune warrior-goddesses.
 

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Pict Princess Procreation Traditions

Reginald B. Hale, in his book, the magnificent Gael wrote: "The Royal Ladies, through whom the sovereignty descended, often chose their consorts outside the nation of Picts. Brud's mother almost certainly chose King Maelgwn of Gwynedd in North Wales to be the father of her two sons. He was a cultivated man who encouraged poetry and art in his court at Degannwy”. Maelgwn was a Christian monk in his youth. He decided to abandon his religious commitments to become King when his father died, and destiny called. Brud was brought up and educated by his mother (Drusticc, Drust V’s sister's people), in the land of the Picts, and it is doubtful if he ever met his father." Once a suitable sire had been selected, the Princess would contact him and advise she was coming for a visit. They both got what they wanted out of their brief sojourn. The Foreign king got a remarkable one-week stand with a beautiful Pict Princess, and she got the seeds of a future King of Albann. No one complained. In most instances, the son never met his father. However, his mother knew full well that her son would have a psychological edge, being the son of a great ruler. When this process worked, the succession of High Kings became a matrilineal succession system, not by design but by clever manipulating by intelligent Princesses. It is well recorded the High King was selected by a panel of his peers, and was judged solely on his attributes. It was up to his mother to ensure he had better qualifications than any of his competitors. This included, genetics, education, training, and the best preparation and background his mother could provide. This system worked brilliantly, as it appears the best Pict rulers were the progeny of great foreign rulers. What is surprising, is that invariably, those kings were absolutely devoted to their mother's people, and if necessary, devastated their father's homeland(s) to promote the interests of Albann. With this equality of status, Pict women of power had the tools to freely select the fathers of their sons, later to be duly tutored, and prepared for the reigns of supreme power, under the supervision of the mother and her trusted circle of elitists. Thus, if successful, the mother was ensured a life of luxury and prestige. The list of Pict Kings who were the sons of foreign rulers + Pict Princesses, includes many successful monarchs:  Galanann V (Son of king Domnech of Dalriada + Brud I's sister),  Galanann VI (Son of king Dfnwal of Strathclyde + Tallorhh III's daughter,  Drust II & Nehhtonn II (Sons of Cynvar of Gododdin + Tallorggan II's sister),  Brud I (Son of king Maelgwn of Gwynedd + Drust V's sister),  Tallorggan III (Son of king Murdoc of Ulidia + Drust III's sister),  Tallorggan V (Son of king Ecgberht of Bernicia + Galanann V's sister),  Galanann VIII, (son of king Gwyddno of Strathclyde + Cinnidd's sister),  Drust VII (Son of king Eochaid of Dalriada + Brud IV's sister),  Kast I (Son of king Fergus I of Dalriada + Cinnidd I's sister),  Cinnidd MacAlpin (Son of (the disgraced) Alpin MacHugh of Kintyre + Drust IX's sister),
 

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After Anglo/Norman kings usurped the old line, a determined pogrom of genocide began to
eliminate any possibility of further rebellions from the restive Picto/Celtic north. The majority
population of Picts/Scots in the northern two-thirds of Scotland, were systematically subjected
to forced relocations to the south, with expropriations and murder, running well into the 17th
century.
This pogrom was due to naked racism and the advent of feudalism to Scotland by the Normans,
with its accompanying unyielding doctrine of the unitary state, where there was no need for
petty provincial sub-kings or of strong regional clan Chiefs.
A process of National denial set in, where Scotland's Government and southern Anglophone
racists promulgated the fairy tale that the Picts somehow disappeared into the trash-bin of
history. Pict accomplishments and culture were denigrated. They were given credit for nothing.
It was only after DNA surveys in the early 21st century proved that 70% of the present Scottish
population remain Picto/Welsh that Scotland's objective academics realized they have been
living a lie. Picts are still the majority but they now call themselves Scots. History is not taught
in Scotland's schools so the younger generation does not have to bear the guilt. The Scottish
Government still refers to Albann in the German vernacular, “Pictland”. The process of
Anglicization was complete
 

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The End of Celtic Civilization In Britain The Roman gods of War would have been pleased to look down and see the cream of Celtic manhood lying dead in 1746 at Culloden, not that far from Mons Gramineus. The Hanoverians and their Saxon underlings succeeded where the mighty Roman legions had failed. In 1057, the Saxon visitants named the country “Scotland”, not to appease the Scots, as the Gaelic name for their country remained Alba, but to conform to the traditional Germanic style, where a country was called something–LAND, ie. England, Ireland, Scotland, Russland and Deutschland. It would take the Scottish power elite 1050 years to allow those, who founded and united the country, the Picts and Gaels, the right to speak their ancient language without acrimony. After the Battle of Culloden, King George I’s son, the “Butcher” of Culloden, issued an order to disarm any clan that refused to surrender, and burn their property. A camp was established at Fort Augustus, whereby several detachments were sent out to ruin and depopulate the rebellious country. The devastation was so great that within a space of fifty miles radius, neither man nor beast nor house was left standing. These were the descendents of those who stood up to the mighty Roman Emperor in-waiting, Julius Agricola, at Mons Gramenius, and ultimately drove them out of Britain, the only ones in all the world who had the guts and determination to do so. These were the descendants of those who defeated the Anglo-Saxons again and again, the only ones who could. These were the descendants of those who obliterated the Anglo Saxon/Norman armies at Bannockburn. Mounted on their beloved ponies, they scattered the Norman archers and won the day. This was the entire subjugation of a fierce and proud people, whom neither the Romans nor the Saxons nor the Normans could reduce, and who often had bid defiance to their own native kings. Tacitus reported he had copied the pre-battle speech by Galanann at the fictitiouos battle of Mons Gramineus in 84AD. It is obvious he invented them but the truth is they meticulously captured the desperation of the Caledonians in the face of a relentless foreign aggression. The following passage could very well have expressed the situation the Picts and Scots faced in 1746 also: "The extremity of the earth is ours . . . But this is the end of the habitable world . . . The Romans are in the heart of our country . . . No submission can satisfy their pride . . . While the land has anything left, it is the theatre of war . . . They make a desert and call it peace." Galanann – Dux Bellorum, Côpiae Coniungeré Pictii – 84AD A footnote: In that fateful battle of 16th April 1746, a sickly 19 year old English career officer refused a direct order to shoot wounded Highlanders. He walked away, and took an extended leave in Paris. When he returned to duty, he was designated with the menial task of rebuilding Inversnaid, the infamous fort built at the request of the Campbell Duke of Argyll to suppress the MacGregors. He also built military roads throughout the Trossachs in case another rebellion broke out. Later, in North America, he was selected to command the combined British Naval and Land forces in their capture of the great Citadel of Quebec, and win North America for the British. In death, he became the greatest hero in British history. This was the man who wrote to his mother; “There are several battalions of Highlanders with us, and there will doubtlessly be many casualties amongst them but that is no great mischief”. On September 13th 1759, he died on the Plains of Abraham, shot by a sniper, at the age of 32, cradled in the arms of a MacGregor officer of the Fraser Highlanders at the very moment of his greatest triumph, deserted by his own staff, who despised him. His name was General James Peter Wolfe. His triumph and meticulous attention to detail set the stage for the dawn of the greatest Empire this world has known.
 
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