Sounds cool, got a pic?
The marks on the edges of this pillar stone (left) are characters from an alphabet that was used in fifth-century Ireland.
Known as ogham, the 25-letter alphabet was supposedly inspired by Ogma, god of eloquence.
Ogham was carved and read from BOTTOM to TOP.
(Also carved, occasionally, right to left).
Also written as ogam or ogum, it is pronounced "AHG-m" or "OH-ehm."
Ogham served as an alphabet for one of the ancient Celtic languages. Its origin is uncertain: it may have been adapted from a sign language.
Current understanding is that the names of the main twenty letters are also the names of 20 trees sacred to the druids.
Some authors have suggested the existance of a 13 month calendar which shared some of these names.
A 15th century treatise on Ogham, The Book of Ballymote, confirms that ogham was a secret, ritualistic language.
However, there is no direct evidence that the Ogham alphabet was used [in antiquity] for divination or any other magical purposes. ( see notes )
Shown at right is a key to ogham: its consonants and vowels can be identified by the number, position, and direction of their notches.
The letters consist of one to five perpendicular or angled strokes, meeting or crossing a center line, and is read from the bottom, up.
The form of the letters allows them to be carved easily on objects of wood or stone, with the edge of the object forming the center line.
i'm of irish descent, went to college in ireland, and my dad used to own an irish pub. Stick with forest green and wood.
Ogham is an old celtic/irish language, usually cut into roadside stones marking territories, etc. We had an artisan make up a facsimilie in wood for our family, similar to this:
it'd be sort of nice to have your family surname posted as such on your walls.
the ogham stone - an introduction to ogham
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