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Crom Dubh

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Crom Dubh, meaning "dark crooked " (also Crum Dubh, Dark Crom) is a mythological and folkloric figure of Ireland, based on the god Crom Cruach, or "king idol of Ireland", mentioned in the 12th-century dinnseanchas of Magh Slécht. [1]

9 relations: Celtic mythology in popular culture, County Cavan, Crom Cruach, Dindsenchas, Easter, Ireland, Lochaber, Magh Slécht, Michael J. O'Kelly.

Celtic mythology in popular culture

Celtic mythology in popular culture is a common feature in books, movies, television shows, and games.

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County Cavan

County Cavan (Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland.

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Crom Cruach

Crom Cruach (Old Irish Cromm Crúaich /ˈkɾˠɔmˠ ˈkɾˠuəç/) was a god of pre-Christian Ireland.

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Dindsenchas

Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas (modern spellings: Dinnseanchas or Dinnsheanchas or Dinnṡeanċas), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question.

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Easter

Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the Book of Common Prayer, "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher and Samuel Pepys and plain "Easter", as in books printed in,, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Lochaber

Lochaber (Loch Abar) is a name applied to areas of the Scottish Highlands.

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Magh Slécht

Magh Slécht (sometimes Anglicised as Moyslaught) is the name of a historic plain in Ireland.

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Michael J. O'Kelly

Professor Michael J. O'Kelly (1915 – October 1982) was an Irish archaeologist who excavated and restored Newgrange, a Late Stone Age passage tomb in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Redirects here:

Crom Croich, Crom croich, Crom dubh, Crom-croich, Crom-dubh, Crum Dubh, Crum-dubh.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crom_Dubh

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