Ogma
Celtic (Irish) tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- eloquence, strength, ogham
- Symbols and attributes
- Ogham script
Folio 309r of the Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin), c. 800.Key myth
A champion of the Tuatha Dé, said to have invented ogham, the early Irish alphabet.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Sources conflict on his father; Elatha and the Dagda both appear.
Place in the family graph
Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.
Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Ogma: wisdom, writing and divination, war and fighting. This is overlap in one area only.
Norse
wisdom, poetry, war
Norse
foresight, marriage, motherhood
Norse
thunder, protection of gods and people, strength
Norse
love, desire, magic (seiðr)
Norse
watchman of the gods
Norse
law, oaths, war
Egyptian
magic, protection, motherhood
Egyptian
storm, desert, chaos
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