Ogma
Sign in to saveOgma () is a god from Irish and Scottish mythology. A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, he is often considered a deity and may be related to the Gallic god Ogmios. According to the Ogam Tract, he is the inventor of Ogham, the script in which Irish Gaelic was first written.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Irish
- Deity.name
- Ogma
- Deity.image
- Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg
- Deity.caption
- Lee Lawrie, sculpted bronze figure of Ogma (1939). Library of Congress John Adams Building
- Deity.god_of
- Speech and language, as well as eloquence and learning
- Deity.weapons
- Club
- Deity.battles
- Magh Tuiredh
- Deity.parents
- Elatha and Ethniu (or Etain)
- Deity.siblings
- Dagda, Fiacha, Delbáeth, Allód, Bres
- Deity.children
- Delbáeth, Tuireann
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- Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg
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8 sectionsContents
- Name and Epithets
- Etymology
- Epithets
- Mythology
- Invention of Ogham
- Related figures
- See also
- References
Ogma () is a god from Irish and Scottish mythology. A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, he is often considered a deity and may be related to the Gallic god Ogmios. According to the Ogam Tract, he is the inventor of Ogham, the script in which Irish Gaelic was first written.
==Name and Epithets== ===Etymology=== The name Ogma is believed to originate from the Proto-Indo-European root *ak- or *ag- meaning "to cut," which refers to the method in which ogham was incised into stone and wood. In Ogham, his name would be written .