Triskele Ogham (Pendant from horn)

Dimensions: 35mm, material: water buffalo horn

Handmade from the horn of the water buffalo, a domesticated, not endangered animal species. | Diameter: 35 mm

The Celts did not share the idea of ​​four elements, but merely distinguished three kingdoms: the land, the sea, and the sky. Trees were used as a link between land and sky and by the transport of water (lake) in both directions as intermediaries. Little is known about the original meanings of Triskel spirals. Frequently - as with most spiral forms - it is assumed that they stand for the way of life or symbolically for the sun. In today's interpretation, the "magic number" plays a major role, especially in Celtic mythology. Thus different contexts and cycles can be assumed

The number three means the triple goddess (girl, mother, old woman), the cycle of birth, life and death, past, present and future, the Celtic trinity water, land and sky.

The Oghamschrift was used in Ireland and some western parts of Britain and Scotland, respectively, from the 4th to the 6th century, on the edges of ogham stones or on other supports, to put short texts, in most cases person names. It is the writing of the druids and later of the witches. The name of the book has strong etymological parallels with Ogma or Ogmios, the old-Irish god of revelation. Whether this God is the author of the Scriptures or whether the folk etymology produced the reference in hindsight can not be clarified.