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Crom Cruach

Mythology

Pre-Christian Idol of Magh Slécht

Historical Appearance Notes: - No pre-Christian physical description survives. Every surviving account comes from the religion that supplanted him — worth factoring in before designing an especially 'sinister' look, since that framing itself may be later propaganda rather than attested detail.

Novel Canon Role: - Per the series Canon Timeline: father, with the Morrígan, of Armaeus — 'the first fracture in the mirror of time' at his birth.

Sources: - Primary Sources - The Metrical Dindsenchas, the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, the Annals of the Four Masters (which places a legendary king's death “worshiping Crom Cruach” at 1544 BC — a legendary, not historical, date) - A note on reliability - Virtually everything we have about Crom Cruach was written by the Christian tradition that replaced him, centuries after the fact, specifically to argue against pagan practice — the grim tone of these accounts likely exaggerates rather than documents.

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