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	Crom Cruach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There was an idol on the Mag Sleact, which is the plain of adoration or prostration, in County Cavan, Ulster devoted to Crom Cruach.
		His statue was an upright stone pillar coated in gold or silver, depending on the accounts, and surrounded by twelve smaller, stone statues that were of bare stone or covered in bronze (according to different sources).
		The Crom stone was rediscovered in 1921 buried in the ground beside a stone circle on a nearby mound from where it had been moved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crom_Cruach (563 words)

	Crom Cruach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The twelve lesser idols that encircle Crom have led to the assumption that he was a solar deity; certainly a fertility god.
		Crom Cruach, or Cromm Crúac means bloody crescent or bloody bent one and is mentioned as such in the 6th century Dinnshenchas in the Book of Leinster.
		Article "Crom Cruach" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 27 December 1998 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/c/crom_cruach.html (266 words)

	Tuatha Dé Danann
		Crom Cruach was the god of weather and fertility.
		Crom Cruach was not a Tuatha Dé Danann deity.
		Crom Cruach was a bloodthirsty god, where human sacrifices was performed.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/danann.html#Lugh (7433 words)

	Tigernmas and Crom Cruach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Of the kings who succeeded Eremon, and the battles they fought and the forests they cleared away and the rivers, and lakes that broke out in their reign, there is little of note to record till we come to the reign of Tiernmas, fifth in succession from Eremon.
		to have introduced into Ireland the worship of Crom Cruach, on Moyslaught (The Plain of Adoration), and to have perished himself with three-fourths of his people while worshipping this idol on November Eve, the period when the reign of winter was inaugurated.
		Crom Cruach was no doubt a solar deity, but no figure at all resembling him can be identified among the Danaan divinities.
	www.shee-eire.com /Magic&Mythology/Myths/Kings-Queens/Tigernmas-crom-cruach/tigernmas2.htm (209 words)

	Tigernmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He introduced the worship of Crom Cruach, the "bloody crescent", a deity who was propitiated with human sacrifice.
		However, he and many followers went to worship the deity on Magh Slécht one Samhain night and were all found dead in the morning.
		For it was this Tighearnmhas who first instituted the worship of Crom Cruaidh (as Zoroastres did in Greece) about a hundred years after they had come to Ireland; and it was from the prostrations of the men of Ireland before this idol that that plain in Breithfne is called Magh Sleacht.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tigernmas (593 words)

	The Conan Forums -> Hyborian Religions
		Crom Cruach was one of the names of an early Celtic god stamped out by St. Patrick in the fifth century.
		It is highly possible however that Crom, Donn, Gwunn Ap Nud and Cernunnos were all the same god, which was called by the Romans, Dis Pater in Ceasars book on the Conquest of Gaul.
		Howard even has a Gaulish warrior swear by Crom in one of his short stories, so it is possible REH saw Crom as the Dis Pater/Cernunnos figure as well.
	www.conan.com /invboard/index.php?showtopic=124 (773 words)

	Deities of the Wheel
		Crom is sometimes said to wrestle Lugh or Finn for the gold of the harvest and the rays of the Sun.
		Crom possessed a bull that was said to be immortal.
		The people would share a morsel of the sacrifice's flesh as Crom returned with his bull to the Underworld for the Winter.
	www.summerlands.com /_members/blfsnhdtcqmgngstraoueieaoiuiioae/members/daireclass/deities_of_the_wheel.htm (3307 words)

	Irish Druids
		King Laoghaire, contemporary with St. Patrick, was the worshipper of Crom Cruach, described as a pillar of stone.
		An inscription in Ogham tells that "in it Cruach was, and twelve idols of stone around him, and himself of gold." Another testimony is that it had much gold and silver, with twelve brass idols round it, as if in reference to the zodiac.
		"The chiefest in all Ireland was Crom Cruach, which stood in the midst of a circle of twelve obliscs on a hill in Brefin, a district of the county of Cavan, formerly belonging to Leitrim.
	www.harvestfields.ca /ebook/01/085/19.htm (2263 words)

	De Agus Ande in The Summerlands
		Crom, Crom Dubh, Crom Cruach, "The Dark, Bent One".
		He was the God that delivered the grain from the fields and the bounty of the harvest from the Underworld.
		The people would share a morsel of the bull's flesh as Crom returned with his bull to the Underworld for the Winter.
	www.summerlands.com /crossroads/library/deagusan.htm (3010 words)

	Crom Cruach - TheBestLinks.com - Celtic mythology, Gold, Solar deity, Samhain, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crom Cruach - TheBestLinks.com - Celtic mythology, Gold, Solar deity, Samhain,...
		Crom Cruach, Celtic mythology, Gold, Solar deity, Samhain, Ulster, 6th century...
		This might be the god Crom that Conan often addresses too, or at least the name be inspired from him.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Crom_Cruach.html (236 words)

	Crom Cruaich
		Crom Crúaich /Cromm / Cróich / Crooach / Cruach /Cenn Cruach / Kerman Kelstach /Kerum Kerugher / 'Bloody Crescent'/ 'Bloody Head' / 'Chief of the Mounds'
		Crom Cruaich was the most ancient and venerated god of all the various tribes of Ireland.
		It is said that the worship of Crom was brought to Ireland by the legendary king Tigernmas.
	www.shee-eire.com /Magic&Mythology/Gods&Goddess/Celtic/Gods/Crom-Cruaich/Page1.htm (335 words)

	Gold Commentary From the Little People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Of course, most of them were (probably) covered in gold and silver, but heathen robbers must have stolen all of that leaving only dull echoes of their former glory such as Stonehenge, which was constructed as a series of arches made from giant stones.
		Crom is not only to be found in the Celtic grounds of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
		In the accompanying photo, you may observe Crom stones collected by the obscure and rarely visited Museum of Crom, which is located in central Tirana, Albania.
	www.goldblogger.net /archives/2005/12/_and_trinovant_24.html (617 words)

	Tuath de Bhriain Mythology Article, Dar Crom!, by Aonghus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is in reference to one of the more controversial of Celtic gods; Crom Cruach.
		Crom Cruach was supposedly worshiped by human sacrifices, and legend says that there was a golden idol carved in his image at Magh Slecht,.
		This was to keep your enemies from learning the true names of your gods and preventing them from invoking your own gods against you.
	members.aol.com /EZfiend/myth/my-dca.htm (289 words)

	Letters from the Editor » 2003 » April » 25
		A god called “the Bent one of the Mound” who was, according to multiple sources, worshiped in many different ways who was bloodthirsty rites, to the point where worshipers died in observing the rites attributed to him.
		Cruach is a common adjective meaning bloody or gory, derived from Cru’ blood or gore.
		It states that Crom Cruach has come back and will destroy us if we are not careful.
	davensjournal.com /wordpress/archives/2003/04/25 (940 words)

	Mourn Veil - Valarian Buckethead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Several members of our group were drawn within the altar, which also served as a prison for the third Cthon, one of 12 foul beings associated with Crom Cruach.
		No, worse than our foes - Crom Cruach seeks death because that is his nature, we have the ability to chose to behave well or ill. It shames me to report the choices that we made.
		He claims to stand as a buffer against Crom Cruach, giving the Devourer enough to prevent the Dread One from rousing himself to take more.
	www.dragonsfaction.org /history/modern/reports/1101/mournveil_valerian.php (1982 words)

	The girl next door (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To the locals in Mayo though, Croagh Patrick is still known as Crom Cruach, the Old Bent One.
		Crom Cruach is one of those pagan gods we know about from monkish manuscripts.
		On a clear day, you can even see her if you're standing on Crom Cruach, and standing on her you can see Crom's distinctive peak.
	homepage.eircom.net /~abardubh/articles/nextdoor.html (723 words)

	Tigernmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This monarch set up the famous idol called Crom Cruach (the crooked heap) on the plain of Magh Sleaght, now Fenagh, in Co. Leitrim.
		Among the idol worship of the ancient Irish at that time was that of the sun.
		The king died at Magh Sleactha, and three parts of his subjects died with him the same night, while worshipping his idol, Crom Cruach.
	www.kinsella.org /history/tigernma.htm (138 words)

	Macleod 's Gargoyle Mythology Page
		In Irish mythology Crom Cruach was a statue of gold with twelve smaller statues around it in a circle.
		A cult burned milk cows in his name and a third of the village children were sacrificed on november 1rst.
		Crom Croch means bloody crescent, aka Cenn Crúaic which means bloody head.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/dungeon/4785/Gargoyles.html (1594 words)

	The Conan Forums -> Was There A Real Conan
		Crom for 1 example was an old druid deity they sacrificed their children to.
		So being sacrificed to Crom Cruach at Magh Slecht (which is in County Cavan, Ireland) wouldn't have been and act of British hospitality (or lack thereof)...
		Cormac mac Art was a semi legendary/semi historical High-King of ancient Ireland. Also, Crom, Mannanan mac Lir, the Morrigan, etc. were an Irish gods, not British. This is not to say that the celts in Britain didn't have equivalents to these gods...
	www.conan.com /invboard/index.php?showtopic=1792 (2633 words)

	Shadownessence -> Fomorians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crom Cruach sounds just like some Reliquary for an Earthbound.
		Crom Cruach is not linked to Fomorian legends, but a big scary throbbing migraine of evil in the Irish midlands certainly would not have escaped notice.
		When the sky shook as the lesser Neverborn blasted against the skin of the world...when the ground quaked with the rage of Crom Cruach...when the beautiful and monstrous fae of the Winter Court swept all before them...mere mortals would have been no match.
	www.shadownessence.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1851 (1081 words)

	General Interest - Mr Henry's Notebook 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She is the mother of Taliesin after eating Gwion Bach in the form of a grain of corn.
		The Devourer - The son of Domnu, Crom Cruach is the embodiment of destruction and decay.
		Crom Cruach demands human sacrifice by his followers.
	www.dragonsfaction.org /lore/general_interest/mrhenry.php (1681 words)

	The Colossus: Happy St. Patrick's Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He is remembered among the Irish for many things, including liberating them from the cult worship of the idol Crom Cruach.
		The cult of Crom Cruach was not a happy one; as a deity he was reminiscent of the midddle Eastern deity Moloch.
		Gods who demand one third of their children are not the kind before which you want to prostrate yourself.
	www.colossusblog.com /mt/archives/000444.html (334 words)

	Justice?
		I am the first to confront the one who would be Crom Cruach.
		I address Crom Cruach in the Old Tongue, testing him to see if he understands.
		One of the druids speaks for Crom Cruach.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/373681 (486 words)

	Fir Cruthen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crom Cruach is the Dark Crippled God, one of the three who rebelled three thousand years ago, a war from which he is still wounded.
		He is a much maligned god, as many take his role as something to be fought against, yet Crom Cruach is not a murderer’s God, indeed he has little time for murderers, and much less for Undead, which cheat him of his domain.
		He has another manifestation, His brother Crom Cruach’s Beast of war- the Bloody Maggot- a huge worm, some half a mile long, a huge fanged maw at one end, heedlessly killing all in it’s path.
	www.fir-cruthen.demon.co.uk /gods (3314 words)

	Christine’s Faery List: Crom Cruach
		He comes from the underworld as a dark man with a scyth to bring the harvest which is represented by a seed-maiden Eithne carried on his back.
		The Three Hags of the Long Teeth, in their house of stone are the runners, summoners, the brewers and candle-makers for Crom Dubh.
		The Crom idol is described by Roman writers and Ogham writing as being rectangular, unadorned by any carvings, covered in gold and surrounded by twelve plain stones in a circle.
	www.tartanplace.com /faery/gods/crom.html (735 words)

	The Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In response, César summoned Crom Cruach, who appeared as a gigantic skeleton with horns on his head.
		Crom Cruach occasions great slaughter, but is defeated by the bravery of the mortals on the army of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
		Crom Cruach, summoned by César, appears as a great skeleton with horns
	www.btinternet.com /~alan.catherine/wargames/tdd.htm (239 words)

	Ireland's OWN Myths & Magic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cults of ancient times focused on the dark aspects of the Divine so that their followers would move past their fear of mortality to seize upon the recognition of their eternal immortality.
		In Irish mythology, Crom Cruach, and Donn would be considered "Dark Gods" or "Dark Powers" because Donn was the god of the dead Milsians.
		In texts like the Dinsenchus there is references to Crom being considered to be a dark god, contrasting a light god, in a way that is very similar to the Slavic god Czernobog.
	irelandsown.net /darkpowers.html (836 words)

	St. Patrick & Crom Dubh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A golden idol of Crom Dubh was surrounded with eleven idols made of stone.
		People prayed to Crom Dubh for a good harvest, protection from evil and rich yields of milk and corn; prostrating themselves before it.
		The spirit of Crom Dubh flew to the immortal world; its power broken.
	www.tartanplace.com /saintpatrick/slegend/cromdubh.html (163 words)

	An Irish Stargate? - SpaceBattles.com
		People would bring their children and animals to be sacrified to the god of this edifice - this god, it was said, was dangerous even if you worshipped him, and at one point killed many of his followers just to set an example.
		A lot of the other links say Crom Cruach was a snake like god.
		Crom Cruach, or Cromm Crúac means bloody crescent or bloody bent one
	forum.spacebattles.com /showthread.php?t=58041 (2208 words)

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