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.
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.

Primary sources

  • Cath Maige Tuired
  • Auraicept na n-Éces

All sources for the Celtic (Irish) pantheon

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.

DanuLirManannán mac LirThe DagdaThe MorríganBoannNuadaBalorOgmaDian CéchtBrigidAengus ÓgEthniuCianLugh

More traditions

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

Odin

wisdom, poetry, war

Norse

Frigg

foresight, marriage, motherhood

Norse

Thor

thunder, protection of gods and people, strength

Norse

Freyja

love, desire, magic (seiðr)

Norse

Týr

law, oaths, war

Egyptian

Isis

magic, protection, motherhood

Egyptian

Seth

storm, desert, chaos

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