Crom Dubh Limerick The Holy Day of Crom Dubh and Aines Feast traditionally celebrated on the first Sunday in August as Domhnach Aine agus Choim Duibh. Crom Dubh (Crom Duv) is the Black Lord, He of the Bent Back, often depicted as a great black bull carrying the grain child-Goddess out of the ground (which is why hes black - all that time in the deep earth).Crom Dubh is thought to be the “stooped black man” who in legend first brought wheat into Ireland, bending under its weight. He was associated with harvest celebrations well into the nineteenth century. It was customary into the middle of the twentieth century to leave garlands of flowers on the pillar during the harvest festival (Lughnasa). Next to the massive stone is a smaller stack of stones, said to represent Eithne, the Corn Child. She was the fairy mistress of the dark Crom Dubh, the god of the harvest. He is a God of Death and Sacrifice to nourish His people. Many of his cattle children were sacrificed every Samhain during the annual culls as evidenced by nearly 50,000 remains being dredged out of the sacred lake Lough Gur during the modern era. The ancient breed of cattle remains in the line of the Kerry Cattle Breed. Crom Dubhs Irish Deities of the Dagda and Donn. Both Crom Dubh and the Dagda are associated with fertility and holds the crooked staff. Both Crom Dubh and Donn are ascribed the gentle care of the Dead though Black Lord belongs to one God who in His youthful form is known as Donn and in his older form the Dagda.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 01:51:50 +0000
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