The Passion of the Ogma

Ogma suffers under the reign of Bres, but from this suffering comes a great revelation.  We talk about Ogma, ogham script, attitudes to work in myth, and the Irish language.

We ask:

What was Ogma's role in myth and in the old pagan religion?

What is Ogma's relationship to other deities?

What was the Ogham system of writing?

What attitudes to work in medieval Ireland are represented in this story?

Are metaphors about the origins of language encoded in tales from mythology?

Written, presented and produced  by Marcas Ó hUiscín and Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh.

Music - Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 public licence

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All sounds cc licence from freesound.org

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Marcas and Stephie adapt and retell famous, and not so famous stories from Irish Mythology and Folklore. Each episode features a dramatic reading of one of these tales, along with a deep dive into the original versions that they are adapted from. Encounter mighty warriors, druids, witches, demons, monsters, gods, fairies, ghosts, saints, and scholars as we travel to magical locations in the Irish otherworld - below the ground, under the sea, in the sky and beyond the realm of comprehension. Support our work: https://www.patreon.com/irishmythologypodcast