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Cork boy 55 · 18-05-2012, 16:34

I pray to Crom... but I seldom pray to him, he doesn't listen.
He is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, "What is the riddle of steel?" If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me. That's Crom, strong on his mountain!
Crom laughs at your "Gods". He laughs from his mountain.

**Tabnabs** · 18-05-2012, 16:43

Crom is right to laugh, that's a crazy mixed up belief system you have going there

Morag · 19-05-2012, 22:43

Cork boy 55 · 24-05-2012, 20:09

My best friend Subotai prays to the four winds. He says his god is stronger. That it is the everlasting sky! And Crom lives underneath him.

I am skeptical of this.

My Father told me that Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is my god, Crom and he lives in the earth. Once, giants lived in the Earth. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled Crom, and they took from him the enigma of steel. Crom was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of steel and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men. The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. I must learn its riddle. I must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can I trust. Not men, not women, not beasts.
This I can trust.

**hairyheretic** · 25-05-2012, 02:48

And I think you can also trust that this is the end of this.

There are other places you can go to channel your inner barbarian.

joseph dawton · 03-06-2012, 22:59

That's a great film though even if Cork Boy is extracting the urine from us. I wonder if they realised that Crom was an Irish god and researched it or if they just like the name?

Duncan Keegan · 11-06-2012, 16:44

I think Conan's creator had some acquaintance with Irish myth and legend, and that's where you get 'Conan', and 'Crom' and God knows what else in there.

And now all I can think about is what is best in life...To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

Which makes sense.

18-05-2012, 16:34	#1
Cork boy 55 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dublin City Posts: 1,383 Adverts \| Friends	What gods do you pray to? I pray to Crom... but I seldom pray to him, he doesn't listen. He is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, "What is the riddle of steel?" If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me. That's Crom, strong on his mountain! Crom laughs at your "Gods". He laughs from his mountain.

24-05-2012, 20:09	#4
Cork boy 55 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dublin City Posts: 1,383 Adverts \| Friends	My best friend Subotai prays to the four winds. He says his god is stronger. That it is the everlasting sky! And Crom lives underneath him. I am skeptical of this. My Father told me that Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is my god, Crom and he lives in the earth. Once, giants lived in the Earth. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled Crom, and they took from him the enigma of steel. Crom was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of steel and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men. The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. I must learn its riddle. I must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can I trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. This I can trust. Last edited by Cork boy 55; 24-05-2012 at 20:16.

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Tabnabs Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Four points to starboard Posts: 5,969 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Geocaching, Nordic, Sailing & Boating, Survivalism & Self Sufficiency Mods, Survivalism & Self Sufficiency	Crom is right to laugh, that's a crazy mixed up belief system you have going there

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hairyheretic Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,221 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Miniature Gaming, Paganism	And I think you can also trust that this is the end of this. There are other places you can go to channel your inner barbarian.

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joseph dawton Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 181 Adverts \| Friends	That's a great film though even if Cork Boy is extracting the urine from us. I wonder if they realised that Crom was an Irish god and researched it or if they just like the name?

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Duncan Keegan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Dublin Posts: 2 Adverts \| Friends	I think Conan's creator had some acquaintance with Irish myth and legend, and that's where you get 'Conan', and 'Crom' and God knows what else in there. And now all I can think about is what is best in life...To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. Which makes sense.