Grandma

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Ogma [ 'oɣma ], with the nickname Gríanainech ("the sun- burned "), is the name of a fighter and "power man" of the Tuatha de Danaan , who was also seen as the god of war in the Celtic mythology of Ireland .

mythology

Ogma - bronze relief by Lee Lawrie . Gate detail to the Library of Congress , Washington, DC

In the Cath Maige Tuired ("The Battle of Mag Tuired") Ogma fights with the Tuatha de Danaan against the Fomori , with whom his half-brother Bress is also. For through his father Elatha he was the latter, but through his mother Eithne he was also Lugh's half-brother . During the reign of Bress over the Tuatha, Ogma was forced to perform slave services with the Dagda . Only after Bress was deposed because of the Glám dícenn (“ritual curse”) of the bard Coirpre did he become a free man again. In the second battle of Mag Tuired, he kills Indech mac Dé Domnann , the king of the Fomori, but is also slain by him. Resuscitated by the club of Dagda, he receives Orna , the magic sword of the Fomor king Tethra , as a reward , which could relate all the deeds he performed when the owner pulled it out of its sheath.

In the Lebor Gabala Eirenn he is referred to as the brother of Dagda. He is said to have fathered Tuirenn with his mother Eithne . In some legends he is equated with Cermat , who is said to be a son of Dagda. Delbaeth is named as his son . An equation with the ancient Celtic god of eloquence Ogmio could possibly be due to the consonance of names.

Ogma is mentioned in some medieval manuscripts as the inventor of the Ogham script - a theory which, on the other hand, is vehemently rejected. Ogma is said to have invented this writing while observing the cranes , who were considered the keepers of this writing.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 502.
  2. ↑ Jan de Vries : Celtic religion. The Religions of Mankind 18, Stuttgart 1961.
  3. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 815.
  4. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 563 f.
  5. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 567 f.