Ogma

American  

[og-muh] / ˈɒg mə /

noun

Irish Mythology.

1. a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.

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Example Sentences

And as he was going across the plain he saw three armed men before him, that were the three sons of Tuireann, son of Ogma.

From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady

When the life of the visible world is hushed, they say, there is another life in the hidden, where the Dagda Mor and Ogma and Lug and Angus still guard the De Danaan hosts.

From Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Johnston, Charles

Ogma appears as the champion of the gods,256 a position given him perhaps from the primitive custom of rousing the warriors' emotions by eloquent speeches before a battle.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

Then he was a champion; but they had Ogma son of Ethlenn for champion, and would not ask a better.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

It was in this battle Ogma found Orna, the sword of Tethra, a king of the Fomor, and he took it from its sheath and cleaned it.

From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady