Praise for CROM CRUACH: "Loughcrewe plunges their readers head first into a skillful mix of folkloric, speculative and human horror. CROM CRUACH left me breathless at every turn, afraid to turn the page, afraid not to.
Having travelled to the distant Tin Islands in the West with Ra'an, Tupiluliuma has sworn to destroy the monstrous Crom Cruach, a creature that demands an annual sacrifice of hundreds of children.
order to show that , whatever Crom Cruach may have been like , Crom Cruach and Mercury had no visible features in common . In all probability , Crom Cruach was only what he is taken for by Dr. Todd - a huge pillar stone.1 Such stones ...
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... Crom , Cromm Cruach or Cenn Cruach , the bleeding head ; or Cromm Cruaich , the Crooked or Bent One of the Mound . As Crom - cruaghair , the great Creator , he has , by some writers , been identified with the Persian Kerum Kerugher ...
... Crom Cruach now had Dooley by the throat, fancy knife to his neck. “Help me, Boyle!” said Dooley, pathetically. “I am not your enemy! Remember how I helped you?! Right? We could be mates ... Crom Cruach's chest poured peat, dirt, and some.
... Crom Cruach was preconnected with all the nodes in these lands, and to a degree it was accurate to say they all ... Crom Cruach. The “idol” nuance is pertinent, though, if you understand it as a deity representation, so here it suggests ...
... The people came on the day appointed to perform their religious rites , and Patrick himself was there . 1 Crom Cruach , crom croo ' äch . 2 Mag Stecht , mō slact ' . When he announced that it was by his own hand 68 THE FALL OF CROM CRUACH.