FYI: ORIGINS OF “CROM” Crom Cruach (“Crom”) Irish Paganism. “Head of all the god

FYI: ORIGINS OF “CROM”

Crom Cruach (“Crom”)

Irish Paganism.

“Head of all the gods”

Gold figure surrounded by twelve others (fertility / sun god).

Human sacrifice in exchange for promise of fertility (probably crops).

Myth has it that his worship was ended by st patrick who smashed his ceremonial ‘altar’ (or whatever).

(I have not researched this deeply, but there is some historical justification for the origins of this ‘god’ as a ‘hero’ from the past.)