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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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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 Kenneth Morris

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 J. A. MacCulloch

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 Charles Johnston

Lugh, the Dagda, and the warrior Ogma followed them, and came unknown into the banqueting-hall of the Fomorian camp.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

"That is no use to us; we have a champion before, Ogma, brother to the king."

From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory

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