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66-416: Golden apple is a story element in various ancient mythologies. Golden Apple may also refer to: Golden apple Golden apples appear in three Greek myths : A huntress named Atalanta who raced against a suitor named Melanion , also known as Hippomenes . Melanion used golden apples to distract Atalanta so that he could win the race. Though abandoned by her father as an infant, Atalanta became

132-617: A "druid of the Tuath Dé Danann" whose "proper name was Oirbsen"; Manandán mac Lir , a great sailor, merchant and druid; Manandán mac Cirp , king of the Isles and Mann; and Manandán mac Atgnai , who took in the sons of Uisnech and sailed to Ireland to avenge their deaths. Tradition has it that Orbsen engaged in the Battle of Moycullen in Co. Galway, and fell on the brink of Lake Orbsen;

198-452: A Celtic word for 'mountain' or 'rise', as the Isle of Man rises from the sea on the horizon. Alternatively, it may come from an earlier Proto-Indo-European root for 'water' or 'wetness'. In medieval Irish tradition, it appears that Manannán came to be considered eponymous to the island (rather than vice versa). The most common epithets for Manannán reinforce his association with war and

264-541: A child by his wife. This child, Mongán, was supposedly taken to the Otherworld when he was very young, to be raised there by Manannán. The 8th-century saga Compert Mongáin tells recounts the deeds of a legendary son, In the Dinsenchas , Manannán is also described as the father of Ibel, after whose death Manannán cast draughts of grief from his heart that became Loch Ruidi, Loch Cuan, and Loch Dacaech. Manannán

330-558: A crucial role in the climax of David Mitchell's sixth novel The Bone Clocks , published by Random House in 2014. The contemporary religion Discordianism draws upon the Golden Apple of the goddess Eris , also known as the "Apple of Discord", which Eris used to set off the conflict among the goddesses of Olympus that led to the Trojan War because she was not invited to a party (the so-called "Original Snub"). Emblazoned upon

396-591: A deadly strength-sapping sword named Fragarach , though the list does not end there. Manannán appears also in Scottish and Manx legend, where he is known as Manannan beg mac y Leir ('little Manannan, son of the Sea'). The Isle of Man ( Mannin ) is generally thought to be named after him, though some have said he is named after the island. He is cognate with the Welsh figure Manawydan fab Llŷr . Manannán

462-512: A decision that caused the Trojan war , and ultimately the destruction of both Paris and his city, Troy. Hera 's sacred tree , given to her as gift from Zeus , grows apples made entirely of gold. The dragon Ladon was sent to guard it from anyone who might try to steal the apples. The role of the Golden Apple is far more minor and less specific in Irish lore , mostly because it is an element of

528-516: A dove and could be heard crying every seven years. In another story, Manann was a druid who challenged St. Patrick over whose god was more powerful. Manann covered the land in darkness, but St. Patrick placed his crozier in the ground, prayed to God, and dispelled the darkness. At the spot where St. Patrick placed his crozier, a well called Tobar Lasar sprang from the ground. In another story, villagers searching for Manann's treasure attempt to drain his lake, but just before they complete their task,

594-412: A feast; however, Patrick is warned by a butler or servant not to eat the food because it is poisoned. In retaliation for the crime, Patrick turns Manannán into a giant eel or salmon, and in some stories he is placed in a bottle and sent to the bottom of a lake to guard his iron treasure chest (or barrel) until the end of time. The treasure is chained to a team of white horses, and the chain can be seen at

660-504: A footrace. Competitors who failed to beat her would be put to death. As Atalanta could run extremely fast, all her suitors died. Realizing that Atalanta could not be defeated in a fair race, Melanion prayed to Aphrodite for help. The goddess gave him three golden apples and told him to drop them one at a time to distract Atalanta. Sure enough, she quit running long enough to retrieve each golden apple. It took all three apples and all of his speed, but Melanion finally succeeded, winning

726-654: A fruit unknown to Europe and the Mediterranean before the Middle Ages . Under this assumption, the Greek botanical name chosen for all citrus species was Hesperidoeidē (Ἑσπεριδοειδῆ, "hesperidoids"). It was also used by Carl Linnaeus , who gave the name Hesperides to an order containing the genus Citrus, in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides, and is preserved in the term Hesperidium for

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792-407: A great warrior would be descended from him. Thus Mongán mac Fiachnai becomes a late addition to the mac Lir family tree. The historical Mongán was a son of Fiachnae mac Báetáin , born towards the end of the 6th century. According to legend, Fiachnae came home with a victory from a war in what is today Scotland because of a bargain made with Manannán (either by him, or by his wife) to let Manannán have

858-433: A magical treasure bag, whose contents were only visible when flooded during full tide, and would seem empty when the tide had ebbed. The bag was in the possession of Lugh Lamhfada , then taken by Lugh's killers, the three sons of Cermait. Later Manannán endowed it to Conaire Mór the high king at Tara. The crane-bag was eventually owned by Cumhall mac Trénmhóir, as told at the outset of this lay. Macgnímartha Finn . This

924-438: A man on a white steed appears before them to send them on an errand. When they return a large rock is placed in the spot where they were digging, and no chisel or hammer can break it. In a variant of this story, all the men's horses are killed, and the work they had completed to dig the channel was filled with silt. In another story, Manann was said to live in a castle and own a fabulous cow and calf that gave milk to everyone in

990-556: A monstrous serpent chained to it. Men from the village then tried to drain the lake, but the morning after drilling the drain, they found it all closed up with grass growing over it. Manann was king of the faeries and coveted a beautiful meadow in Carndonagh owned by Neill na hAirde (in some versions another faery king). Manann bought the land from Neill with pearls from the ocean and built a beautiful castle there. Neill's wife grew jealous, and she compelled her husband to go to war over

1056-524: A place where old age, sickness, death, decay, and falsehood were unknown. He eventually coaxed the king to arrive as guest to this Land of Promise ( Tír Tairngire ). Manannán had other magical items according to the Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann , a romance that only survives in early Modern Irish recensions. He had a self-navigating boat called "Manannán's currach " (coracle), Sguaba Tuinne ( Scuab-tuinne ) or 'Wave-sweeper'

1122-521: A sea deity). Other sources say his wife was the goddess Áine , though she is at other times said to be his daughter. Manannán had a daughter, whose name was Niamh of the Golden Hair. It is also probable that another daughter was Clíodhna , but early sources do not treat her consistently. Either way, she is a young woman from Manannán's lands, whose epithet is "of the Fair Hair". Manannán also had

1188-474: A serpent. In a variant to the story about the formation of Lough Cullin and Lough Conn , Manann was said to have a huntsman named Cullen who had two hunting dogs. The dogs chased after a ferocious boar, and when they overtook the boar, the boar turned and killed the dogs in Lough Conn. Cullen was then drowned at Lough Cullin. In a folktale from Donegal, St. Colum Cille broke his golden chalice and sent

1254-440: A servant to the mainland to have it repaired. While returning to the mainland in his currach, the servant met a stranger in a currach (later identified as Manannán), who blew his breath on the chalice, which then became whole again. Manannán then asked for a response from Colum Cille, who relayed that there would be no forgiveness for the man responsible for such works. When Manannán heard this, he said he would provide no more help to

1320-465: A skilled hunter and received acclaim for her role in the hunt for the Calydonian boar. Her father claimed her as his daughter and wished to marry her off. However, Atalanta was reluctant to marry due to a prophecy that marriage would be her downfall. Because of her beauty, she gained a number of suitors and finally agreed to marry, but under the condition that her suitor was obligated to beat her in

1386-525: A thundering wheel rolling across the landscape, such as in the "Pursuit of the Gilla Decair ", a 16th-century comic tale. There is also the local lore that Manannán moved like a wheel turning on his three legs , a tradition widespread on the Isle of Man , but also found in some eastern counties of Leinster according to John O'Donovan, though this folklore was unfamiliar to Whitley Stokes. Manannán

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1452-414: A withered hazel tree , on the fork which Lugh had set the severed head of Balor . The venom had penetrated this tree, killing or blinding workers trying uprooting or handling it. Various owners are named, such as Tadg mac Nuadat , but was given by Manannán to Crimall mac Trenmor, Finn's uncle, after the death of Finn's father. Manannán is furthermore identified with several trickster figures including

1518-412: A yellow-haired daughter given also the name Curcog (meaning 'Beehive' or 'Bushy-tuft') who was given up to be fostered by Aengus . Manannán is also given sons named Eachdond Mór and Gaidiar, who raped Becuma Cneisgel. Another daughter of Manannán was said to be Saint Athrachta; according to oral legend, she tried to build a causeway across Lough Gara by carrying large stones in her petticoat but

1584-500: Is assumed to be the "treasure-bag" that was lost to Cumhall's "servant-turned-traitor", Liath Luachra , who treacherously wounded Cumall in the Cath Cnucha , but recovered later by Cumhall's son, Finn when he grew up. Manannán also commissioned the craftsman Lucra (recté Luchta ) to make him a shield to be made of wood, and this later passed on to Finn, according to the lay ( duan ) "Shield of Fionn". The wood came from

1650-410: Is described as over-king of the surviving Tuatha Dé after the advent of humans ( Milesians ), and uses the mist of invisibility ( féth fíada ) to cloak the whereabouts of his home as well as the sidhe dwellings of the others. In modern tales, he is said to own a self-navigating boat named Sguaba Tuinne ('Wave-sweeper'), a horse Aonbharr which can course over water as well as land, and

1716-691: Is given several names, bynames, epithets, and surnames or patronymics . His name is spelt Manandán in Old Irish , Manannán in Modern Irish, Manannàn in Scottish Gaelic , and Mannan in Manx Gaelic . Some of the names equated with Manannán include: According to some, his name is derived from the Isle of Man with the -an suffix indicating 'one who is from' the named place. The island's name itself may come from

1782-696: Is lord and guardian of the Blessed Isles , Emhain Abhlach ('Isle of Apple-trees', cognate with the Avalon of the Welsh Arthurian cycle ), and Mag Mell or Magh Meall ('Plain of Delights'). Manannán sings a verse describing his sea as Mag Mell , in "The Voyage of Bran ", stating that the steeds on the plain cannot be seen, thus alluding to his concealment of his dwelling using the shroud of invisibility ( féth fíada ). Emhain Abhlach

1848-704: Is often seen in the traditional role of foster father, raising a number of foster children including Lugh of the great hand and the children of Deirdre . Two brothers of Manannán are named, after whom cleared plains were named: Bron, who it is implied was slain by Fergus and Ceite. Similarly, in Welsh folklore Brân the Blessed is the brother of Manawydan. There are many oral folktales about conflicts between Manannán and St. Patrick in County Monaghan. In many of them Manannán invites St. Patrick to his castle for

1914-463: Is still the battle-cry of his grandsons. Manannán appears in all of the cycles of Irish mythology , although he only plays a prominent role in a limited number of tales. In the Ulster Cycle tale "The Wasting Sickness of Cúchulainn " , Manannán 's wife, Fand , has an ill-fated affair with the warrior Cúchulainn . When Fand sees that Cúchulainn 's jealous wife, Emer ,

1980-629: Is the genitive form), whose role he seems to take over. As Oirbsen , his father is named as Elloth , son of Elatha . In the Altram Tige Dá Medar , Manannán calls himself the foster-son of the Dagda . According to Táin Bó Cúailnge ('The Cattle-raid of Cooley'), his wife is the beautiful goddess Fand ('Pearl of Beauty' or 'A Tear' – later remembered as a "fairy queen", though earlier mentions point to her also being

2046-465: Is worthy of him (and accompanied by a troop of armed women), she decides to return to Manannán , who then shakes his cloak ( brat[t] ) of forgetfulness between Fand and Cúchulainn which causes them not be able to remember each other. Manannán rode his chariot over the sea, meeting with Bran and his crew sailing by ship, in the tale "The Voyage of Bran son of Febal ", considered an early work. In this story, he told Bran that sea

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2112-619: The Book of Fermoy . Máire MacNeill gave a summary of the work. After the Tuatha Dé Danann were defeated by Érimón of the Milesians (humans), Bodb Derg was chosen as king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and Manannán as co-king or perhaps the king's overseer. In one passage Manannán declares he has assumed over-kingship above the petty kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Manannán was tasked with allotting which sídhe or fairy mounds

2178-458: The Fomorians . Lugh rode Manannán's steed Aonbharr, and was girt with Manannán's sword Fragarach ("Retaliator" or "The Answerer" ). Any wound this sword gave proved fatal, and its opponent was reduced to the weakness of a woman in childbirth . Lug also wore Manannán's helmet Cathbarr, which O'Curry amends to Cennbhearr, which he regards as a common noun and not a proper name. This helm

2244-581: The Silver Branch , or Silver Bough , symbol that is connected to the Celtic Otherworld . The silver branch with golden apples is owned by the Irish sea deity and Otherworld guardian Manannán mac Lir in the tale Echtra Cormaic . But these "apples" are actually "balls of red gold " hanging on a musical branch according to variant texts, and hardly fruits at all. The Dictionary of

2310-469: The Dellft pitcher back together using witchcraft if the boy would ask Colum Cille what sort of people go to hell. Colum Cille told the boy that people such as Manann go to hell, and when he returned to report this to Manann, Manann was so enraged that he packed up his gold in a barrel and enchanted both the gold and himself. A diver from Dublin later went down into the lake and found Manann's barrel of gold with

2376-705: The Gilla Decair and the Bodach an Chóta Lachtna ('the Churl in the Drab Coat'). The similarity of Manannan's inexhaustible swine to Odin 's boar Sæhrímnir in Scandinavian myth has been noticed. Mannanán also owned a speckled cow that he and Aengus retrieved from India along with a dun cow, two golden goblets, and two spancels of silk. Manannán's father is the sea-god Ler ('Sea; Ocean'; Lir

2442-541: The Golden Apples). Many European fairy tales begin when golden apples are stolen from a king, usually by a bird: The William Butler Yeats poem "The Song of the Wandering Aengus", has the lines: I will find out where she has gone And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of

2508-688: The Irish Language concurs, by defining the "apples" in this instance as "musical balls", not "fruits". There has been offered for comparison "silver branch of the sacred apple-tree bearing blossoms" encountered by Bran mac Febail in the narrative The Voyage of Bran , though golden apple fruits are not evident in this telling. This branch came from "Emain", construed to mean Emain Ablach associated with Manannán mac Lir by later commentators, though not recognized as anything other than Emain Macha of

2574-490: The Irish until they are "as weak as water", and then retired to the gray waves in the Highlands of Scotland. In a variant of this story, Manann was said to live in a castle near a lake, and at night, he would draw the lake around the castle like a moat, but each morning he would return the lake to its proper place. A boy gathering water from a well ran into Manann and accidentally broke his Delft pitcher. Manann offered to put

2640-611: The Isle of Man and the best sailor in western Europe, who knew by "studying the heavens" when the weather would be good and bad. O'Donovan's annotation remarks that this merchant went by another name, Orbsen, son of Allot, and it is stated thus in Roderick O'Flaherty 's Ogygia (1685). However, the Yellow Book of Lecan (written c. 1400) separates these figures, stating there were four individuals called Manandán who lived at different times. They were: Manandán mac Alloit ,

2706-523: The Sea'), is a sea god , warrior, and king of the otherworld in Gaelic (Irish, Manx, and Scottish) mythology who is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann . He is seen as a ruler and guardian of the otherworld , and his dominion is referred by such names as Emain Ablach (or Emhain Abhlach , 'Isle of Apple Trees'), Mag Mell ('Plain of Delights'), or Tír Tairngire ('Land of Promise'). He

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2772-810: The TV-series Animated Tales of the World , the episode "The Tree with the Golden Apples" revolves around the golden apple-tree on an island. An old man asks three brothers to sail to the island and whoever brings him a golden apple gets his daughter's hand in marriage. The Golden apple made its appearance in the film Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), being like the seed of the Tree of Life . Manann%C3%A1n mac Lir Manannán or Manann , also known as Manannán mac Lir ('son of

2838-684: The Ulstermen in Eleanor Hull 's monograph on the silver branch. In the Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann version of the quest of Tuirenn's sons ( Brian , Iuchar and Iucharba), the éric items demanded by Lugh Lamhfada included the Golden Apples of Hesperides. It is said to taste of honey, have curative powers, and not diminish though they are eaten. They could also be cast and perform tasks at will, and return to their owners. In Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen ,

2904-497: The ancient text parallel each other. The routine for reviving the seven pigs was to put the bones in the sty (or manger). Manannán in the tale " Echtra Cormaic " owned two magical items which he gave away to Cormac mac Airt , high king of Tara: a soothing musical silver branch with apples made of gold , and the Goblet of Truth. Manannán initially appeared in the guise of a warrior, and described without naming his homeland as

2970-616: The apple is the word " Kallisti " ("to the fairest"). The golden apple can be seen as a metaphor for a practical joke meant to cause cognitive dissonance in the target. Michael Hübner has suggested that the fruit of the Argan tree , endemic to the Sous Valley in present-day Morocco , may be the golden apples of the Hesperides . Arguing that the location matches most closely the description given in classical texts of Atlantis and

3036-441: The apple, they each stripped off their own clothing and appeared naked before Paris . Each of the goddesses also offered Paris a gift as a bribe in return for the apple; Hera offered to make him the king of Europe and Asia Minor, Athena offered him wisdom and skill in battle, and Aphrodite offered to give to him the love of the world's most beautiful woman, Helen of Sparta, who was already married to King Menelaus. Paris chose Helen,

3102-525: The castle. Neill's army was defeated Manann's, but in retribution, Neill (or in a variant, Manann ) rode out to Bar Mouth; there he removed three enchanted rods that held back the ocean. The castle and land were subsequently submerged, but the gardens and castle can still be seen beneath the waves in Straghbregagh. According to Donegal folklore, Manannán is said to be buried in the Tonn Banks off

3168-618: The coast of Inishowen , which form part of a Triad called the Three Waves of Erin. When Cú Chulainn struck his shield, the three waves of Erin echoed the sound and roared across the ocean. Manannán's spirit is believed to ride the storms that occur when ships are wrecked. The three legs of Manannán "paradoxically" make up the heraldic arms of Man , and are said to represent the "storm-god careering over land and sea with whirling motion". The 9th century Sanas Cormaic ('Cormac's Glossary') euhemerizes Manannán as "a famous merchant" of

3234-798: The fruits of citrus and some other plants. One reason why oranges might be considered to be "magical" in so many stories is because they bear flowers and fruit at the same time, unlike other fruit. Frequently , the term "golden apple" is used to refer to the quince , a fruit originating in the Middle East . The tomato , unknown to the ancient world of the Greeks, is known as the pomodoro in Italian , meaning "golden apple" (from pomo d'oro ). Golden apples are also items that are featured in video games such as Minecraft , Pokémon Mystery Dungeon , Assassin's Creed , and Hello Neighbor . In

3300-405: The garden of the Hesperides, he notes that the ripe fruits look like small golden apples and have an aroma like baked apples. He equates the fruit, the seeds of which produce Argan oil , with Plato 's account of Atlantean fruits "which afford liquid and solid food and unguents", and proposes that the trees' almost reptilian-scale like bark and thorns may have inspired the mythical guardian dragon of

3366-445: The goddess of discord, was not invited due to her troublesome nature, and upon turning up uninvited, she threw a golden apple into the ceremony, with an inscription that read: "ΤΗΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ" ( Ancient Greek : τῇ καλλίστῃ , romanized :  tē(i) kallistē(i) , Modern Greek : τη καλλίστη ti kallisti ; "for/to the most beautiful" – cf. Callisto ). Three goddesses claimed the apple: Hera , Athena , and Aphrodite . They brought

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3432-478: The golden apples have their own leitmotif . It is first sung by Fafner , when he explains to his brother Fasolt why they must take Freia away from the gods. In Stravinsky 's ballet The Firebird (1910) which is based upon an amalgam of Russian folk-legends, the hero Prince Ivan enters a garden where he witnesses 13 young Princesses' playing with Golden Apples which grow there. (Tableaux VII Scherzo. Jeux des princesses avec les pommes d'or / The Princesses' Game with

3498-506: The golden apples, Ladon . In many languages, the orange is referred to as a "golden apple". For example, the Latin pomum aurantium literally describes oranges as "golden apples". Other languages, like German , Finnish , Hebrew , and Russian , have more complex etymologies for the word "orange" that can be traced back to the same idea. In later years it was thought that the "golden apples" of myth might have actually been oranges ,

3564-439: The matter before Zeus. Not wanting to get involved, Zeus assigned the task to Paris of Troy. Paris had demonstrated his exemplary fairness previously when he awarded a prize unhesitatingly to Ares after the god, in bull form, had bested his own prize bull. Zeus gave the apple to Hermes and told him to deliver it to Paris and tell him that the goddesses would accept his decision without argument. As each goddess wanted to receive

3630-521: The parish who wanted it. Some of the older people were jealous of the cow's abundance, and an old Protestant woman went to milk the cow into a sieve. When the cow saw what has happening, it was enraged and she and her calf ran to Dunany Point in County Louth, where they were turned to stone. In County Mayo, a pot of treasure was supposed to be buried in Manann's wood, and this treasure was guarded by

3696-487: The race and Atalanta's hand. Eventually they had a son Parthenopaios , who was one of the Seven against Thebes . Their marriage ended in misfortune when they were transformed into lions (which the Greeks believed were unable to mate with their own species, only with leopards) for offending Zeus by having an affair in one of his shrines. Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis . Eris ,

3762-466: The sea. Mac Lir means 'son of the Sea' or 'son of Ler ', a sea god whose name means 'Sea'. It has been suggested that his mythological father Ler 's role as sea god was taken over by Manannán . Manannán 's other surname mac Alloit or mac Alloid means 'son of the Soil/Land', so that Manannán is effectively son of the sea and land. 'Per Mare, Per Terras: WHICH WAY DO YE WANT IT?'

3828-436: The sun. The Augusta, Lady Gregory play called The Golden Apple: A Play for Kiltartan Children is a fable in the invented Kiltartan dialect based on Irish mythology and folklore. The Golden Apples is the name of Southern writer, Eudora Welty's, fourth short story collection, published in 1949. The stories are interrelated and center around the citizens of the fictional town of Morgana, Mississippi. A golden apple plays

3894-609: The surviving members of the Tuatha Dé Danann were to be settled. Manannán's own dwelling was at Emain Ablach , in the city of Cruithin na Cuan, as the tale later reveals. Manannán ensured the welfare of the Tuatha Dé Danann by concealing in the féth fíada or a mist of invisibility, holding the Feast of Goibniu (Fleadh Goibhneann) which conferred eternal youth, and feeding them Manannan's Swine (Mucca Mhannanain) which gave an inexhaustible supply of food. Arbois de Jubainville stated that these seven pigs here and Manannán 's swine of

3960-429: The top of the lake. In one story from County Monaghan, Manannán's castle was built with mortar from the blood of slaughtered animals, which allowed it to resist weathering for centuries. When the top of the castle toppled over, the bottom part sank into the ground, but the ruins could still be seen owing to the power of Manannán. In some stories, Manann was said to ride a flying white steed and could transform himself into

4026-457: Was not actually water to him but rather "I [ Manannán ] see in the Plain of Feats red topped flowers without fault". He goes on to tell Bran about how he is heading to Ireland to have relations with Caintigern who would go on to bear Mongán . In late sources, Manannán visits the land of the living, his movement is compared to the wind, a hawk or swallow, and sometimes takes the form of

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4092-628: Was prevented by modesty. In another legend of Athractha, she was said to live at the bottom of Lough Gara and only emerged every seven years to visit her sister Cé. Athractha cured a woman, and once a dragon with the roar of a lion emerged from the sludge and was vanquished by the Holy Virgin. There is also folklore that Cé (or Céibh) the daughter of Manannan lost her beauty and wits due to an incantation, but recovered her beauty after Oisín provided her hospices after others all shunned her. In " The Voyage of Bran ", Manannán prophesied to Bran that

4158-571: Was self-navigating, as well as a horse that could travel over land or sea called Aonbharr of Manannan, translated in popular re-telling as " Enbarr of the Flowing Mane". Both the horse and boat were on loan to Lugh Lamhfada , but the Sons of Tuireann managed to borrow the boat. Manannán also supplied Lugh with a full array of armor and weapon as the Tuatha Dé gathered their host to battle

4224-455: Was sent a woman transformed into the shape of a crane. She was Aoife, daughter of Dealbhaoth ( Irish : Áiffe ingen Dealbhaoíth ), and mistress of Ilbhreac of many beauties ( Irish : Ilbric Iolchrothaigh ). Ilbhreac here may have been Ilbhreac son of Manannán. Aoife was transformed by the druidery of her jealous love-rival (Iuchra daughter of Ábartach), whose spell was to last 200 years. When Aoife died, Manannán crafted her crane's skin into

4290-495: Was set with two precious gems on the front and one in the rear. Manannán's lúirech or body armour and Manannán's scabal ( neck-piece or breastplate ) were also part of Lugh's panoply. Manannán was also the owner of the "crane-bag" ( Irish : corrbolg ) full of treasures, according to the Middle-Irish Fenian lay "The Crane-Bag" ( Duanaire Finn Poem VIII) datable to the 13th century, To Manannán

4356-592: Was the place of origin of the Silver Branch brought to Bran . Manannán is also said to dwell in the Land of Promise ( Tír Tairngire ), as in the tale " The Adventure of Cormac mac Airt ". An over-king's role for Manannán among the Tuatha Dé Danann is described in the narrative Altram Tige Dá Medar ('The Nourishment of the Houses of Two Milk-vessels') in the 14th to the 15th century manuscript,

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