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Manannan mac Lir

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Manannan mac Lir is a figure from Celtic mythology, a sea deity traditionally regarded as the first ruler and guardian of the Isle of Man, from whom the Island is said to take its name. In Manx tradition, he cloaked the Island in mist to protect it from invaders. He remains a significant figure in Manx cultural identity and is commemorated by the sculpture on Tynwald Hill.

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  • The Supposed True Chronicle of Man (16th century)
  • Cormac's Glossary (Sanas Cormaic, c. 900 AD)
  • Moore, A.W., The Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man (1891)
  • Sacheverell/Brown, An Account of the Isle of Man (1702)
  • Train, Joseph, An Historical and Statistical Account (1845)
  • Killip (ed.), Antiquitates Manniae (Brash chapter)
  • Roeder, Charles, Manx Notes and Queries (1904)

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