Dallán's Four Yew Rods

This mode is built around an evidence boundary: first you see what the medieval literary source actually says, then which rules OmenHall adds to turn that motif into an executable modern ritual.

E3 · literary attestation

What the source actually preserves

• Dallán makes four rods of yew.
• The source says Ogham is written on them; it does not specify the physical inscription technique.
• The phrase triana eochraib écsi ocus triana oghumm links the revelation of Étaín's whereabouts with his 'keys of écse' and Ogham; translations of écse vary across science, learning, knowledge, and poetic knowledge/art.

Tochmarc Étaíne §18; Windisch 1880:129; Stokes 1891:440–441 n.12

E5 · OmenHall reconstruction

What the source did not preserve

• We do not know which feda or words were on the four rods.
• No four fixed positions or their meanings survive.
• No executable algorithm survives: whether rods were drawn, cast, laid out, or handled otherwise is unknown.

Therefore the four positions below are OmenHall-authored reconstruction and are never called an ancient spread.

Question for the reconstruction

E5 · reconstructed position

1. Veil

What in the question is not yet available to direct sight?

Formulate the question first.

E5 · reconstructed position

2. Key

Which way of observing or understanding opens more clarity?

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E5 · reconstructed position

3. Witness

Which observable fact should be separated from inference?

Formulate the question first.

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4. Return

Which safe action or check returns the question to reality?

Formulate the question first.

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