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  Lady Airiel's Sanctuary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Mag Mell (Tir na n-Og): In Celtic mythology, Mag Mell ("plain of joy") is a paradise were the deceased live.
In contrast with other realms of the dead, Mag Mell is described as an idyllic island, or as a wonderful place at the bottom of the ocean.
Midir: The Irish/Celtic ruler of Mag Mor, the underworld.
celticflower.tripod.com /deities.html   (11241 words)

  
 Tuatha Dé Danann
In Cath Mag Tuired, she was washing clothes at the ford in Unshin in Corann, near Dagda's house at Glen Edin, when Dagda encountered her on eve of Samhain festival.
In the tale Cath Maige Mucrama (Battle of Mag Mucrama), her father was Eógabal, the foster son of Manannán, whom Ailill Aulomm (son of Eógan Mór) killed.
Dagda was said to have died in the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, yet Dagda appeared during the reign of Ailill and Medb, in the Dream of Angus.
www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/danann.html   (7434 words)

  
 Celtic deities, mythological beings and historical figures
In the First Battle of Mag Tuireadh, King Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan lost his hand; because he was imperfect, he could not be king.
Mag Mell ("plain of joy"), also called Tir na n-Og ("land of youth"), was the underworld.
Unlike the underworld in most mythologies, Mag Mell was a pleasurable paradise, either an island or at the bottom of the ocean.
www.mandrake-press.co.uk /Definitions/celticmythbeings.html   (13655 words)

  
 Crom Cruach
This huge object stood on the plain of Mag Sleact (the plain of adoration or prostration) in County Cavan in Ulster.
Situated around him were twelve smaller idols made of stone while his was of gold.
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)

  
 The King Idol of Ireland - Irish Nationalism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
and he died in Mag Slecht with three fourths of the Men of Ireland about him, one Samain eve, while adoring Crom Croich--for he was the king-idol of Ireland...
Here used to be a high idol with many fights, whose name was that of 'Bent One of the Hill…he caused every tuath to be without peace....
It is to him the bright Goidil used to bow…it is from his worship… many the slayings… that the plain bears the name Mag Slecht.
www.irish-nationalism.net /forum/showthread.php?t=3943   (1965 words)

  
 †The†Camelot†Gazette† - Celtic Gods & Goddesses. - Dieties from A to Z. {C}
The worship of Crom Cruach was said to have been begun by Tigernmas, the Milesian high king of Ireland.
One Samhain night, Tigernmas and a third of the worshippers were killed in bloody rites, St Patrick was said to have called upon Christ to destroy the gold idol erected in Mag Sleact.
Cyhiraeth; The Celtic goddess of streams, a specter who haunts woodland streams, her cry was said to warn of death.
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Without thought, he readies - his weapon, and mutters under his breath: - "By Crom, there will be blood spilt today." +crom* + The chief idol of Eirin.
This huge object stood on the plain + of Mag Sleact (the plain of adoration or prostration) in County + Cavan in Ulster.
Situated around him were twelve smaller idols + made of stone while his was of gold.
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Cromm Crúag A huge idol which stood on the plain of Mag Sleact (the plain of adoration or prostrations) in County Cavan, in Ulster, near the present village of Ballymagauran; also called rig-iodal h-Eireann, the king idol of Ireland.
The Dinnsenchus story tells how Patrick preached to the people on Mag Sleact against the burning of milk-cows and their first-born progeny.
Cromm Dub’s Sunday In Irish folklore, the first Sunday in August: anniversary of the destruction of the famous idol known as Cromm Dub.
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 Halloween's Bloody Legacy
"A HUGE IDOL which stood on the plain of Mag Sleact (the plain of adoration or prostrations) in county Cavan, in Ulster, near the present village of Ballymagauran; also called Rigiodal h-Eireann, the KING IDOL of IRELAND.
Around him were twelve idols made of stone but he was gold and to him the early Irish SACRIFICED ONE THIRD OF THEIR CHILDREN on SAMAIN (Halloween) in return for milk and corn and the good weather which insured the fertility of cattle and crops.
The Dinnsenchus names the idol Cromm Cruac; it is referred to as "CENN CRUAIC" (meaning "bloody head") in the "Tripartite Life of Patrick." Legend says that Patrick cursed and destroyed it.
www.pointsoftruth.com /hallowsugly.html   (3919 words)

  
 "HALLOWEEN'S DARK SECRET"
One of the gods that was feared and worshiped ON THIS DAY was CROMM CRUAC.
"Cromm Cruac, a HUGE IDOL which stood on the plain of Mag Sleact.
Around him were twelve idols made of stone but he was of gold, and TO HIM the early Irish SACRIFICED ONE THIRD OF THEIR CHILDREN ON SAMHAIN.
www.pointsoftruth.com /hallowsdark.html   (1195 words)

  
 halloween
Cromm Cruac A huge idol which stood on the plain
of Mag Sleact (the plain of adoration or prostrations)
peached to the people on Mag Dleact against the
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