Ogham alphabet named after Irish words for trees

Ogham
Origins of Ogham
Poems written in Ogham
New age beliefs
Irish art

The ogham alphabet consists of 20 characters each named after the Gaelic word for a certain tree.
These are divided into four groups called aicme.
A fifth aicme known as the forfeda was added for use in manuscripts.

These letters would be carved into stones, sticks or trees vertically reading bottom to top or written in manuscripts horizontally from left to right.

Fáilte – Welcome in Ogham.

The Ogham are written along a solid line either vertically or horizontally.
A piece of text is started with a feather shape called an eite and ends with a reverse feather known as an eite thuathail.
Small gaps are left between letters and larger spaces between words much the same as the Latin alphabet.

New age beliefs about ogham

Ogham, the mysterious language of the trees The Origins of the Ogham alphabet are still a mystery for many historians, but it is primarily thought to be an early form of the Irish written Language.

Ogham
Origins of Ogham
Poems written in Ogham
Alphabet named after trees
New age beliefs
Irish art

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