Crom Cruach Legends

Crom Cruach Legends of the lesser known bringer of harvests This, and the following ’Nature Folklore’ sessions featuring Crom Dubh, are perhaps the most niche of all that I present. This Crom Cruach sessions is part one of a two part Nature Folklore sessions exploring the folklore and mythologies of Crom Cruach and Crom Dubh. It is a challenge to separate the two as similar tales are told about both. But it does seem that the Crom Dubh mythology arrived later than the reverence for Crom Cruach as a harvest god, very similar to Lugh and Tailtiu combined. The tales of Crom Cruach and Crom Dubh are very intertwined these days. Though nobody really knows the origins and details of either I am going to approach this as Crom Cruach being symbolic as a bringer of harvests, and Crom Dubh as a metaphor mythology of what happens to the harvested crops after gathering. Crom Cruach being symbolic of the ending of summer, and Crom Dubh as a veil bringing on Autumn, the Fall. Together. they serve wonderful imagery of the