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Colleen Berry Conway runs Ogham Art with her husband Chris and she takes us through the history of the ancient Irish alphabet. IrishCentral has partnered with Ogham Art to give our readers a discount towards an everlasting gift this Father's Day by planting an Irish Heritage Tree.
The History of Ogham: The Celtic Tree Connection
The History of Ogham: The Celtic Tree Connection
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Colleen Berry Conway is the owner of Ogham Art alongside her husband Chris. She takes us through the history of the ancient Irish alphabet and her connection with the Irish Heritage Tree program.
When we bought our home in 2005, we were given a housewarming gift by my in-laws: a copper plaque with fáilte - the Irish word for “welcome” - in Ogham, the first written form of the Primitive Irish language.
Origins of the Futhark and the Northern Mysteries
The Ancient Germanic rune alphabet contains keys which make it possible to trace the origins of the Northern mysteries to shortly after the last Ice Age, 11,000 years ago; more properly the Late Glacial Maximum, lasting from 13,000 to 10,000 years ago.
After the glacial period, birch was the first deciduous tree to populate Europe. Its appearance coincides with the meaning and position of Berkana ‘birch twig’. The rune comes at the beginning of the third Aett; the Futhark is divided in three Aettir. The other tree species that populated Europe at that time was pine, represented by Eihwaz ‘yew’ in the runic alphabet.