Albion (mythology)

In the mythical story of the founding of Britain, Albion was a Giant son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. He was a contemporary of Heracles, who killed him. Albion founded a country on the island and ruled there. Britain, then called Albion after its founder, was inhabited by his Giant descendants until about 1100 years before Julius Cæsar's invasion of Britain, when Brutus of Troy came and defeated the small amount of Giants that remained (as a group of the Giants had killed all of the other ones).¹

According to another myth, Noah's son, Japhet had four sons. Their names were Francus, Romanus, Brittos, and Alemannus and the French, Roman, British, and German people are descended from them. Brittos divided Britain into three kingdoms and gave each to one of his sons. They were England, Scotland, and Wales.¹

Sources

1. Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch's mythology, published: 1913. place: New York, New York.