Phaetus Atholdus ? (Phaeti) b. 970
| Lineage | ? |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Phaetus Atholdus ? |
| Other last names | Phaeti |
| Parents
♂ Lachlann Gyriddsson (Atholl) b. 955 | |
Events
970 birth: Faroe Islands
child birth: ♀ Hebrida ? (Atholl, Ealhindi, Phaeti)
residence: Romania
998 child birth: Romania, ♀ Moldoviana ? (Atholl, Aelhindi, Phaeti) b. 998
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Phaetus is also the name of a Cretian CityRef needed !. The name Phaeti Athol in Greek means the "Sunlit Islands". It is possibleRef needed ! that the name Phaetus is also a Latinization of the name Faeroe.
According to the myths of the IrishRef needed !, the seafaring tradesmen of the Tuatha Danan migrated westward from the Island of Crete at the time it was innundated by the psunami formed by the volcanic eruption on the Island of Santorini.
In the Greek myths Phaetus was the son of HeliosRef needed !, to prove to the doubting masses he talked his father into allowing him to drive his sun chariot. But persued by the hounds he lost control as he drove low over Africa and plunged into the sea of [Eridanos]. Although presented in an allegorical format. This myth preserves the memory of the migration of certain Gaelic/Celtic people westward along the North Africa coast to the Atlantic Isles and that the Eridanos is a reference to the Atlantic near the island of Eire that was settled by the Danos, and that the Phaeti were a seafaring people.
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death: 1045, Dunkeld, Perth, Scotland
