Manannán mac Lir

Celtic (Irish) tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: the sea, the otherworld
Symbols and attributes: Cloak of mist; horse Énbarr; ship Scuabtuinne
Parents (per the sources used): Lir

Folio 309r of the Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin), c. 800.

Key myth

He takes mortals across the sea to the otherworld in the Voyage of Bran. He is a trickster and a magician, and the Isle of Man is named for him in tradition.

Primary sources

Immram Brain (Voyage of Bran)
Sanas Cormaic

All sources for the Celtic (Irish) pantheon

Lineage in the sources used: Lir.

Place in the family graph

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More traditions

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Manannán mac Lir: sea and waters, trickery, boundaries and travel. This is overlap in one area only.

Norse