{"id":1717,"date":"2015-05-15T00:49:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T00:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2015-05-15T00:54:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T00:54:08","slug":"ogmios-warning-in-ogham-to-lug-mac-elathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ogmios-warning-in-ogham-to-lug-mac-elathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogmios Warning in Ogham to Lug mac Elathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The first message in Ogham was 7 letter &#8220;B&#8221;&#8216;s carved into Birchwood:<br \/>\na warning to Lug mac Elathan from Ogmios that his wife would be<br \/>\nabducted to the underworld seven times unless protected by carrying<br \/>\na charm of birchwood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1718\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Charm-of-Birchwood-with-the-seven-letter-Bs-on-it.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Charm-of-Birchwood-with-the-seven-letter-Bs-on-it.jpg\" alt=\"Charm of Birchwood with the seven letter Bs on it\" width=\"218\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Charm-of-Birchwood-with-the-seven-letter-Bs-on-it.jpg 218w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Charm-of-Birchwood-with-the-seven-letter-Bs-on-it-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charm of Birchwood with the seven letter Bs on it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Be aware that your wife, Lug, Elathan&#8217;s son<br \/>\nBe carried to the other world shall be<br \/>\nBe aware for the rest of her life neath the sun<br \/>\nBe taken again six times more unless she<br \/>\nBe guarded though by the birch bark be done<br \/>\nBe charm carried with her all times I decree<br \/>\nBe warned by the seven B&#8217;s on this birch &#8211; let the spell be done!<\/p>\n<address><b>Reference:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.tartanplace.com\/faery\/gods\/ogre.html<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ogham<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first message in Ogham was 7 letter &#8220;B&#8221;&#8216;s carved into Birchwood: a warning to Lug mac Elathan from Ogmios that his wife would be abducted to the underworld seven times unless protected by carrying a charm of birchwood. Be aware that your wife, Lug, Elathan&#8217;s son Be carried to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[168,169,120,159],"tags":[1857,1856,1254,1859,1255,1860,1855,1858],"class_list":["post-1717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-legend","category-myths-and-tales","category-non-rhyming-poems","category-wanderings-of-the-gael","tag-elathan","tag-lug","tag-ogam","tag-ogam-legend","tag-ogham","tag-ogham-script","tag-ogmios","tag-origin-of-ogham","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-rH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2322,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/red-path-of-the-stag\/","url_meta":{"origin":1717,"position":0},"title":"Red Path of the Stag","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"30th September 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Set free, running free, blood flowing, fleeing fast in fright Wild eyed, pursued, the stag takes to flight The tribesmen of the Eoghanacht in hunt they pursue To mark out the boundaries of land according to traditions they knew He who slays the stag with the move of his hand\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Irish Heritage&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Irish Heritage","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/irish-heritage\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The story of why the Stag motif is on clans of the Eoghanacht family arms... a rather gorey practice from pagan times to mark new land...","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mccarthy.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mccarthy.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mccarthy.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1876,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-three-eves\/","url_meta":{"origin":1717,"position":1},"title":"The Three Eve&#8217;s &#8211; Apalai Native American Creation Legend","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ILgg2OYy2I Western mysticism speaks of the \"Seven Daughters of Eve\", in Apalai tradition, there were three women at creation, Three eves so to speak...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Native American Tales&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Native American Tales","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/native-american-tales\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/5ILgg2OYy2I\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1867,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/magpies\/","url_meta":{"origin":1717,"position":2},"title":"Magpies","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In times of trial once upon a time When lost for direction myself did find While walking away the woes of life Magpies came to sight and mind As one was seen, where it was been Hastily I looked for another - 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