<bron102.htm> [Bronze Age Text]
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Ogmios, god of the Gauls, presided
over the occult sciences and was the reputed inventor of ogam writing, according
to Irish mythology. He was referred to as Ogma
grian aineac, Ogma the
sun-faced. He appears on petroglyphs in California
(Inyo County, CA sites 7A & 281) and Nevada accompanied by an ogam symbol
that spells his name in ogam consaine script. The symbol is held in his left hand. A druid's wand is held in his right hand. This as well as much else in early
American inscriptions, stress the Irish affinity of the early Nordic settlers
in America (Fell 1982). [Also see Petroglyph list] |
