Aemodae

AE´MODAEor HAE´MODAE, the ShetlandIslands (Mela, 3.6), described by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 4.16.30), as a group of seven. The islands Ocitis (Ὄκιτις), and Dumna (Δοῦμνα) mentioned by Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.3.31) were apparently part of this group, and answer respectively to St. Ronaldshaand Hay. Camden and the elder antiquaries, however, refer the Aemodae to the Baltic Sea.