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29: 138:"Manannan mac Lir: i. e. a renowned trader who dwelt in the Isle of Man. He was the best pilot in the west of Europe. Through acquaintance with the sky he knew the quarter in which would be fair weather and foul weather, and when each of these two seasons would change. Hence the Scots and Britons called him a god of the sea, and hence they said he was son of the sea, i. e. 111:
seems to take over his position and so features more prominently. It is probable that more myths referring to Lir which are now lost to us existed and that his popularity was greater, especially considering the number of figures called 'son of Lir'.
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Aebh died and, not wanting the children to remain motherless, Bodb sent another of his daughters, Aoife, to marry Lir. Aoife grew jealous of the children and cursed them to live as swans for 900 years.
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Stokes, Whitley (ed.), Three Irish glossaries: Cormac's glossary codex A. O'Davoren's glossary and a glossary to the calendar of Oingus the Culdee, Williams & Norgate, 1862, pp. xxxiv-xxxv.
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O'Donovan, John (trans.), Stokes, Whitley (ed.), "Sanas Chormaic: Cormac's glossary", O. T. Cutter for the Irish Archeological and Celtic Society, Calcutta, 1868, p. 114.
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Manannan mac lir .i. cennaige amra bói aninis Manand. ise luam as deach boi aniarthar Eorpa. noḟindad tre nemgnacht (.i. gnathugrud nime) inoiret nobíd insoinind
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in donind ⁊ intan nosclæchlóbad cechtar don dá résin, inde Scoti et Brittones eum deum vocaverunt maris. et inde filium maris esse dixerunt .i. mac lir mac mara.
152:; however, it is not definitely established whether this is the same person as Manannán's father or a different Lir. The Lir in this story was the rival of 359: 293: 982: 352: 164:. In order to appease Lir, Bodb gave one of his daughters to marry him, Aeb. The couple had four children, one girl, 36: 1163: 190:" Midir is named as the father of Lir and grandfather of Manannan. A son of Lir is named as Lodan in 89:, who appears frequently in medieval Irish literature. Lir appears as the eponymous king in the tale 120: 1082: 775: 815: 387: 551: 179:
As Allod the "all-famous," Lir is listed as the father of Crofhind the Chaste in the Metrical
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makes mention of Manannan and his father Lir, who Cormac identifies with the sea:
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are the nominative and genitive forms, respectively) is a
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Index

LIR (disambiguation)

Garden of Remembrance (Dublin)
Old Irish
sea god
Irish mythology
sea
Llŷr
Welsh mythology
Manannán mac Lir
The Children of Lir
Llŷr
Manannán mac Lir
Sanas Cormaic
Cormac mac Cuilennáin

The Children of Lir
Bodb Dearg
Tuatha Dé Danann
fairy mounds
Fionnuala
Aed
Dindshenchas
Ægir
"Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of Invasions vol. 4. ed"
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Celtic Scotland: Land and People
"The Adventures of Art son of Conn"
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