In about 1700 B. C., the Scandinavian King Woden-lithi made a visit to North America. His purpose for the voyage was to trade with the Algonquian Indians. What Woden-lithi was interested in was metallic copper ingots and he brought textiles with him from home to trade with the Indians. That he knew exactly what he wanted and had brought textiles to trade gives a good indication that he, or another from his kingdom, had visited America's shores sometime previous.

Messages From the Past

King Woden-lithi was only in America for about five months but he left some interesting stone writings, concerning a variety of subjects, for future generations to ponder over.

The accepted belief has been that there was no writing in Scandinavia until about the time of Christ. Well, it seems that that theory is mistaken. Woden-lithi did considerable writing while in America trading with the Indians and in more than one alphabet.

One form of the writings he made on stones that still exist today is called ogam consaine. This is a way of writing that was used by the Celts and was recorded and explained in detail by Irish monks during the Middle Ages. In this alphabet only consonants are used, except for tossing in an occasional ui and ya. In other words, all of the vowels, a e i o u, are mostly left out and you get the fun of figuring out just what the heck they are suppose to be.

One Picture Speaks Many Words

In many instances, along with the use of ui, ya, and vowels, there are clues to the meanings of the words. Where there might be a possibility of confusing one word for another, a picture is included to help the reader along. It's interesting to note that this isn't the only alphabet that leaves the vowels out. Hebrew, Arabic, and some other ancient scripts do the same.

To me ogam consaine could be mistaken for a picture of a notched feather. In fact, it is possible that just such a case of mistaken identity has taken place way out west where so many supposedly ancient Native American pectroglyphs are found.

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