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History

Origin[]

Crom was a Tuatha de Danaan (later known as Celtic gods).[6]

He was a god of storms, death, and eternity.[6]

His sons were storm gods as well.[10]

Pre-Cataclysmic Age[]

Over 21,000 years ago, the new god Crom led a shaman to three iron-bound books of magic, which the shaman used to imprison Shuma-Gorath in what would become Mount Crom in Cimmeria.[11]

Age of Acheron[]

Crom became a god worshiped by the Cimmerians. He was invoked at least by 13,000 BC, by King Bafomai's Elite Guard, in Python, just before the Fall of Acheron.[1]

His subordinates included Morrigan, Father Lir, and Mannanan.[3]

Hyborian Age of Conan[]

In the town once known as Red Tree Hill, some of the townsfolk came to worship the Cimmerian god Crom when an inquisitor tried to execute captive Conan, after having slain a priest of Mitra, and was struck by lightning after Conan shouted "Crom damn you!" to his face.[12]

Notes

  • Crom did not meddle in mortal affairs,[13] nor cared for his followers away from Cimmeria[14] or even listened to them invoking his name[12] (though it was discussed whether certain events were his doing),[15] and doesn't need prayers.[16][14]
  • A Cimmerian elders' saying stated that earthquakes are caused by Crom rolling the bones of chance to decide man's fate.[18]
  • The Cimmerians didn't carve figures of Crom, as they would not presume to know what a god's face looks like, and simply set up a huge, bare stone to bow down before.[19]

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