 A Scottish variant is due to John of Fordun (d. 1384).The narrative in the "Lebor Gabála Érenn" is a mythological account of the origin of the Gaels as the descendants of the Scythian prince Fénius Farsaid, one of seventy-two chieftains who built the Tower of Babel.Goídel Glas was the son of Nel (son of Fénius) and Scota (daughter of a Pharaoh of Egypt).