Lir

Sea-god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, father of Manannán and of the children turned to swans by Aoife.

Children

• Manannán mac Lir

Domains

• sea ocean

Powers

• ancestral sea-lord whose four children are bound 900 years as swans

Epithets

• Lir Old Irish · Lir · namethe Sea (genitive Lir, 'of the sea'); the form Ler underlies Manannán mac LirJames MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (1998), s.v. Ler / Lir (secondary)

Relations

• ancestor of: Manannán mac LirLir is the father of Manannán mac Lir ('son of Lir'). Recorded as ancestor-of relation because Manannán is an established figure whose parent-slot is set elsewhere.Sanas Cormaic (Cormac's Glossary), s.v. 'Manannán'; Oidheadh Chlainne Lir (primary)

Sources

• existence: Oidheadh Chloinne Lir (The Fate of the Children of Lir); Lebor Gabála Érenn (primary)