Editing Manannán mac Lir (section)

=== Familial relations ===
Manannán's father is the sea-god {{lang|sga|[[Lir|Ler]]|italic=unset}} ('Sea; Ocean'; {{lang|sga|Lir}} is the genitive form), whose role he seems to take over. As {{lang|sga|Oirbsen|italic=unset}}, his father is named as {{lang|sga|Elloth|italic=unset}}, son of {{lang|sga|[[Elatha]]|italic=unset}}.<ref>''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]'' [http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html#55 §64] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100715225248/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html#55 |date=15 July 2010 }}</ref> In the {{lang|sga|Altram Tige Dá Medar}}, {{lang|sga|Manannán|italic=unset}} calls himself the foster-son of the {{lang|sga|[[Dagda]]|italic=unset}}.<ref name="dobs-altram" />

According to {{lang|sga|[[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 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 (mythology)|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 a yellow-haired daughter given also the name Curcog (meaning 'Beehive'{{sfnp|Duncan|1932|p=212}} or 'Bushy-tuft') who was given up to be fostered by [[Aengus]].<ref name="dobs-altram" />

Manannán is also given sons named Eachdond Mór<ref name="dobs-altram" /><ref name="Art" />{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|Eachdonn the Great, son of Manannán.{{sfnp|Duncan|1932|p=20}}}} and Gaidiar, who raped Becuma Cneisgel.<ref name="Art">{{cite web |last1=unknown |title=The Adventures of Art son of Conn |url= http://maryjones.us/ctexts/art.html |website=The Celtic Literature Collective |publisher=MaryJones |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref>

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 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.<ref>{{harvp|Borlase|1897|p=788}}, citing O'Donovan, O.S.L. [Ordnance Survey Letters] Co. Sligo <math>\tfrac{14}{P. 14}</math> pp. 233, 238, 419</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2024|reason=Borlase's is a 3-volume work, so the vol. no. is needed.}} 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.<ref>{{harvp|Borlase|1897|p=788}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2024|reason=Borlase's is a 3-volume work, so the vol. no. is needed.}} 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.<ref name="hennessy-ce" />

In "[[The Voyage of Bran]]", Manannán prophesied to Bran that a great warrior would be descended from him.<ref name="meyer-imram-brain" /> 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 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,<ref>{{Cite book |last=White |first=Nora |title=Compert Mongáin and Three Other Early Mongán Tales: A Critical Edition with Introduction, Translation, Textual Notes, Bibliography and Vocabulary |publisher=Department of Old and Middle Irish, National University of Ireland |date=2006 |isbn=978-0-901519-66-5}}</ref><ref name="Mongan1" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://archive.org/stream/revueceltique16pari#page/50/mode/1up |title=Revue celtique |date=1870 |publisher=Paris}}</ref>

Manannán 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.<ref>[https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T106500C/text078.html ''The Metrical Dindsenchas'' "Carn Amalgaid" Poem 78]</ref><ref>[https://www.ucd.ie/tlh/trans/ws.rc.16.002.t.text.html "Dinda HÚa n-Amalgada"]</ref> Similarly, in Welsh folklore [[Brân the Blessed]] is the brother of Manawydan.{{clarify|date=July 2024|reason=Well, who is the 2nd brother? We said there are two but only named one.}}