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    Manannán or Manann, also known as Manannán mac Lir ("son of the sea"), is a sea god warrior and king of the Otherworld in Irish and Manx mythology who...
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    mythology. Lir is chiefly an ancestor figure, and is the father of the god Manannán mac Lir, who appears frequently in medieval Irish literature. Lir appears...
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  • versions of her myth, she is the wife or daughter of the sea god, Manannán mac Lir. In folklore from County Limerick, Áine is said to have two daughters...
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  • Lugh as provisional king. Using his spear and a sling given to him by Manannán mac Lir, Lugh defeated the Formorians and their king Balor. During the battle...
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  • originally a deity, probably derived from Irish Ler ('the Sea'), father of Manannán mac Lir. Other than his progeny and odd tidbits, his identity remains obscure...
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  • of Lir have their pastures." The god that rules this region in the surviving tales is almost always named as Manannán mac Lir. In the tales, Manannán is...
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  • Danann, as well as Delbaeth, Ogma, Elloth (another name for Lir the father of Manannán mac Lir), and the Dagda by an unnamed mother. The imagery surrounding...
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  • swifter than wind-speed. The horse was the property of the sea-god Manannan mac Lir, but provided to Lugh Lamh-fada (Irish: Luġ Lámhfhada) to use at his...
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    at a renaming ceremony, she was renamed after Manannán mac Lir, the Celtic god of the Irish sea. Manannan made her maiden service voyage with the Steam...
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    gods of craft" Labraid Lén Lir Lugh - also attested as Lugus in Archaic Irish Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht, Mac Gréine Manannán mac Lir Miach Midir Mug Ruith Néit...
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    folklores of the Manx belong to the overall Celtic Mythology group, with Manannán mac Lir, the Mooinjer veggey, Buggane, Lhiannan-Shee, Ben-Varrey and the Moddey...
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  • name of the Irish sea god Manannán mac Lir, and likely originated from the same Celtic deity as Manannán. Unlike Manannán, however, no surviving material...
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  • where he is said to have been the son of Manannán mac Lir and perhaps a reincarnation of the legendary hero Finn mac Cumaill of the Fenian Cycle. His origin...
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    skies, and Mars influences warfare. MacBain argues that Apollo corresponds to Irish Lugh, Mercury to Manannan mac Lir, Jupiter to the Dagda, Mars to Neit...
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  • Legends say its ruler is the Fomorian King Tethra, or more frequently Manannan mac Lir. Mag Mell's allure extended from the pagan era to Christian times....
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  • Irish mythology. It is often regarded as the realm of the sea god Manannán Mac Lir and identified with either the Isle of Man or, less plausibly, the...
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    Aengus (redirect from Aengus mac Oc)
    of the House of the Two Pails, a similar story is related in which Manannán mac Lir, called the High King over all the Tuath Dé, convinces Aengus to cast...
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    him welcome. The woman may be the goddess Fand, the warrior may be Manannán mac Lir or Lugh, and after strange adventures the hero may return successfully...
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    recounts the journey of the high-king Cormac mac Airt to the Land of Promise resided by the sea-god Manannán mac Lir. The tale bears the full manuscript title...
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  • In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannán mac Lir and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth. She...
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  • nights, the group encounters the ocean deity Manannán mac Lir riding a chariot over the sea towards them. Manannán explains that while this may seem like a...
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    Oisín (redirect from Oisín mac Cumhail)
    Chinn Óir (Niamh of the Golden Hair or Head, one of the daughters of Manannán mac Lir, a god of the sea). Niamh's father turned her head into a pig's head...
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    Italian). Archived from the original on 6 May 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2009.. Mac Cana, Proinsias (1973) [1970]. Celtic Mythology. London: The Hamlyn Publishing...
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  • Anthropology. 52 (6): 769–798. doi:10.1086/662678. S2CID 142318205. "Manannán mac Lir | Irish deity". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 November 2020...
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  • or Adventure, of Art mac Cuinn), Bechuma is married to Eogan Inbir, but commits adultery with Gaidiar, son of Manannán mac Lir, and is banished to the...
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    of the Dead – a painting by Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin Manannán mac Lir – Ferryman from Irish mythology Manunggul Jar – Early depiction similar...
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    Oilliphéist exist. One has a girl named Sionnan, grand daughter of Manannán mac Lir, anger the Salmon of Knowledge by throwing stones at it. In revenge...
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  • it. Or Manannán mac Lir the sea-god. Laoide's Irish text and Curtin's "Balor on Tory Island" have the same name for the protagonist Fionn Mac Cionnfhaolaidh...
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    associated with Manannán mac Lir, an Irish sea deity with strong affiliation to Tír na nÓg. As guardian of the Otherworld, Manannán also has strong ties...
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  • its rulers, ranging from the Gaelic god Manannán mac Lir up to Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. The Manannan Ballad is the oldest datable work in the...
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