“The father of Ogham is Ogma, the mother of Ogham is the hand or knife of Ogma.”
Book of Ballymote
Cover art antique public domain and all other art by Lunaria Gold
The Ogham Alphabet consists of symbols chosen to represent different types of trees, sounds, ideas and images from ancient Druidic lore. The Irish God of Eloquence, Ogma, was said to have invented Ogham as a “proof of his ingenuity….” The Irish God Manannán Mac Lir was said to have provided the additional symbols representing the Sea and other abstractions, called the “Crane Bag” (this group is also known as the Forfedha).. Each tree or abstraction in the Ogham Alphabet has special Magical properties, as does its corresponding symbol. Before I get into the esoteric uses of Ogham, let’s see how it is written.
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