Lir

Irish · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity

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

Relations

ancestor of: Manannán mac Lir

Sources

Oidheadh Chloinne Lir (The Fate of the Children of Lir); Lebor Gabála Érenn

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