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Adventure ever on my friend, Phat
There's definitely a lack of written history from the Celtic world in general, not just the Isles (or rather there is just none at all). Even Ogham inscriptions are mostly just names and dedications (similar to Nordic runestones).
To clarify: I mean ancient history. Of course Wales, Ireland and the Old North have a lot of their own medieval written tradition.
That said, it's always a good idea to make use of lesser known systems, if only to draw more attention to them. I imagine most people who look at the etchings who didn't know about Ogham would probably assume you were just making it up or it was meant to be battle damage.
I live in what was once the heartland and birthplace of "Celtic" people, but after being first romanised and then germanised there's nothing left of that. So seeing a place that saw Celts (which is actually too broad of a term here), Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans fight for supremacy and still have all of that survive is just fascinating for me as someone from the continent.
And I really need to learn more about the Arthurian legend. I guess I know it better than the average Joe, but not nearly as well as the Germanic legends of Central Europe.
Thank's for the book recommendation, I'll surely look into that.
I see why you mentioned cash. Good thing I'm a librarian ;)
I may have stopped chasing that dream, but the philosophy never truly leaves you. I used to have the Five Laws memorized and for many years I kept a basic outline of the Dewey Decimal in the left breast pocket of my duster. It should tell you something that I settled on librarian AFTER I wanted to be a blacksmith, which incidentally was after I spent about a year when I was thirteen quite seriously considering the logistics of taking up piracy.
Alas, my parents wanted me to be the first one in the family to have a degree, and always told me that I've got "two left hands" anyway. And while they were wrong in doing so I can't complain about my job (I had to be in the Army, I worked in cleaning and construction, so librarian is pretty cushy). I got to catalogue the former private library of the Habsburgs and work with incunabula in a 12th century monastery. And I love it, cause I love history and books (and the smell, god damn the smell....). But I'm still fascinated by glowing red metal...