Ogam

Ogam bogstaver
ᚁ Beith	ᚐ Ailm
ᚂ Luis	ᚑ Onn
ᚃ Fearn	ᚒ Úr
ᚄ Sail	ᚓ Eadhadh
ᚅ Nion	ᚔ Iodhadh
ᚆ Uath	ᚕ Éabhadh
ᚇ Dair	ᚖ Ór
ᚈ Tinne	ᚗ Uilleann
ᚉ Coll	ᚘ Ifín
ᚊ Ceirt	ᚙ Eamhancholl
ᚋ Muin	ᚚ Peith
ᚌ Gort
ᚍ nGéadal
ᚎ Straif
ᚏ Ruis
Ogam

Ogam-afabetet består af 25 tegn. Her er 20 tegn fra Ogam-alfabetet vist.

Ogam var et alfabet som primært blev anvendt til at repræsentere Gæliske sprog. Det ser ud til at have haft sin højeste blomstring i 5.–6. århundrede. Ogam-inskriptioner på monumenter (helleristninger) er blevet fundet i Irland, Skotland, Wales, England og Isle of Man, hvor det primært er blevet anvendt som territorielle markeringer.

Ogam-alfabetet består af 25 bogstaver. De første 20 bogstaver (feda) anses for at være primære, mens de sidste 5 (forfeda) anses for at være supplerende.

Se også

• Runealfabet
• Druide
• Amerika

Eksterne henvisninger

• The Ogham Alphabet with variant names of the letters, and names of the associated plants
• Every Ogham Thing on the Web
• Celtic Ogham - by Curtis Clark
• Cult Archaeology Strikes Again: A Case for Pre-Columbian Irishmen in the Mountain State? By W. Hunter Lesser. West Virginia Archeologist Volume 35, Number 2. 1983 WV Archeology Society Citat: "...the only accepted case of pre-Columbian European contact in North America is the Norse site of L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland, dated about A.D. 1000. Most significantly, there is not a single case of European artifacts dating from pre-Norse times, despite the tremendous amount of archeological work done on this continent (Goddard and Fitzhugh 1978: 9; Morison 1971)...."
  • Kontroversiel (omfattende): European bronze age visitors in America e.legner@ucr.edu
    • European bronze age visitors in America e.legner@ucr.edu: Introduction Citat: "...Nevertheless, there is considerable evidence of a voyage or voyages of a Bronze Age Scandinavian king, Woden-lithi, to North America around 1700 BC from texts found inscribed in the rocks at Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (Figs. 18 & 19 & MAP), and other North American sites...One alphabet, "ogam consaine" was employed by the ancient peoples of Ireland and Scotland (often erroneously referred to as Celts..."
    • Archeology, Epigraphy, Pre-Columbian Contacts in America e.legner@ucr.edu
  • Kontroversiel: Science Frontiers ONLINE. No. 27: May-Jun 1983: Ogham inscriptions in west virginia? Citat: "...Based upon the style of the Ogham, these petroglyphs may have been chiseled some time between the early Sixth and late Eighth centuries. The Ogham writers may have been |Irish monks who, after the fashion of St. Brendan, sailed west from Europe during this period..."
  • The mystery stone of Beverly, Kansas Citat: "....The epigrapher used an Ogham script of hieroglyphics and Iberian-punic characters to interpret the inscription. If he is correct, then the stone dates before the Latin alphabet and Spanish language, over 2000 years ago..."