Ogham

What is Ogham?

Ogham, pronounced “Oh-um,” is a form of writing dating from the 4th century CE (and possibly earlier), which uses dashes or notches carved in a line into stone or wood, the number and position of which determining the letters. Each letter is representative of a native tree and is taken from the first letter of…

Origin of Ogham?

How did the Ogham script originate? In this post, I will put forward an origin theory for Ogham. Though controversial, this theory makes the most intuitive sense to me. In 1948, English poet Robert Graves published his landmark book The White Goddess, in which he linked the Welsh legend Cad Goddeu or Battle of the…