Also called Ogma mac Elathan, Ogma Grianainech, Ogma of the sunny face.
Their story
Ogma was the champion of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a brother of the Dagda. Under the harsh rule of Bres he was forced to carry firewood, a humiliation for a warrior. The medieval learned tracts credit him with inventing ogham, the old Irish letters cut on stone and wood. At the Second Battle of Mag Tuired he captured the sword Orna from the Fomorian king Tethra.
Best times to give to them
- Samhain
- Imbolc
- before study or writing
What they like being given
- a piece of writing
- bread and ale or juice
- a candle lit while studying
- a stave marked with ogham
How to honour them
- Learn the ogham letters and their tree names slowly, one at a time.
- Write a short piece honestly and carefully, and dedicate it to him.
- Speak well of others and choose your words with care.
How they can help you
- study and exams
- writing and speaking
- learning a language
- strength under pressure
Symbols
- ogham letters
- the staff
- the sword Orna
His link with the Gaulish Ogmios, described by Lucian as a god of eloquence, is often suggested but not certain.
Sources
- Cath Maige Tuired
- Auraicept na nÉces
- Lebor Gabála Érenn
More Celtic gods
- The Dagda The good god, father of all
- Lugh Master of all the arts
- Cernunnos The antlered one of the wild
- Manannán mac Lir Lord of the sea and the Otherworld
- Aengus The young god of love
- Nuada The king with the silver hand
- Dian Cécht Physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann
- Goibniu Smith of the gods and brewer of the feast