Manannán or Manann, also known as Manannán mac Lir ('son of the Sea'), is a sea god, warrior, and king of the otherworld in Gaelic (Irish, Manx, and Scottish)...
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HSC Manannan is a 96-metre (315 ft) wave-piercing high-speed catamaran car ferry built by Incat, Australia in 1998. After commercial service in Australia...
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King's Quest III (redirect from Manannan (King's Quest))
wicked wizard Manannan. According to the introduction, for as long as he could remember, 17-year-old Gwydion has been held captive by Manannan as his servant...
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region in the surviving tales is almost always named as Manannán mac Lir. In the tales, Manannán is usually described as a warrior and is sometimes accompanied...
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The Manannan Ballad or Manx Traditionary Ballad is a poem in Early Manx dating from about the beginning of the 16th century. It gives an account of the...
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Cormac mac Cuilennáin makes mention of Manannan and his father Lir, who Cormac identifies with the sea: Manannan mac lir .i. cennaige amra bói aninis Manand...
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the two names may have become associated by the early modern period, as Manannan is also named king of Mag Mell, and the bodach figure in Eachtra Bhodaigh...
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The House of Manannan is a museum in Peel in the Isle of Man. It is named after the "great mythological sea god" Manannan and covers the island's Celtic...
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that of Manannán mac Lir in Irish mythology (corresponding to Welsh Manawydan fab Llŷr). In the earliest Irish mythological texts, Manannán is a king...
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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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the daughter of Áed Abrat, sister of Lí Ban and one Angus, and wife of Manannán. She enters the story in the form of an otherworldly sea bird. In her sea...
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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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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...
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The Enbarr (Énbarr) or Aonbharr of Manannán (Irish: Aonbharr Mhanannáin) is a horse in the Irish Mythological Cycle which could traverse both land and...
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associated with war, fate and sovereignty; Lugh; Nuada; Aengus; Brigid; Manannán; Dian Cecht the healer; and Goibniu the smith, one of the Trí Dé Dána ("three...
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Morrígan ("the great queen" or "phantom queen"); Lugh; Nuada; Aengus; Brigid; Manannán; Dian Cecht the healer; and Goibniu the smith, one of the Trí Dé Dána ("three...
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either her fossilized remains, or the chair of which she sits waiting for Manannán mac Lir, the god of the sea, variously described as her husband or father...
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was said to have lived at Newgrange by the River Boyne, where he raised Manannán's blonde-haired daughter Curcog as his foster. In the folklore of Scotland...
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Current Anthropology. 52 (6): 769–798. doi:10.1086/662678. S2CID 142318205. "Manannán mac Lir | Irish deity". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 November...
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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...
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(The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu), which is part of the Ulster Cycle. Manannán mac Lir, a sea god, presents Aengus Óg with an invincible magical sword...
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Áine (section Manannán mac Lir)
other 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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Manannán mac Lir, the Celtic sea god, sculpture by John Sutton at Gortmore...
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meaning the evening departure to Heysham was delayed by two hours, with the Manannan arriving from Liverpool as replacement. The service arrived at Heysham...
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turned into the first seals, but Biróg saved one, Lug, and gave him to Manannán and Tailtiu to foster. As an adult, Lug gained entry to Nuada's court through...
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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 him...
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Queen Mary 2 with Isle of Man Steam Packet Company ferry HSC Manannan at Pier Head...
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well as the Elysium of the Greeks. Legends say its ruler is the sea god Manannán mac Lir, or less often the Fomorian King Tethra. Mag Mell's allure extended...
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Peel, Isle of Man (section House of Manannan Museum)
ground, golf club, bowling green and various other amenities. The House of Manannan Museum was built in 1997, costing £5.5 million, partly new and partly in...
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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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