Manannan
To these might be added other members of the kingly families whose story shows them playing the rale of magicians, such as Rhiannon, who by her magic arts foiled her powerful suitor, Gwawl ab Clud, an
To these might be added other members of the kingly families whose story shows them playing the rale of magicians, such as Rhiannon, who by her magic arts foiled her powerful suitor, Gwawl ab Clud, an (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)
Within the magicwielding class exercising dominion over the shepherds and tillers of the soil of the country, it is but natural to suppose that the first king was the first magician or greatest medici (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)
Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx
- relationship: The Barrule here in question was South Barrule, and it is to the top of that mountain the green rushes were carried, according to Manx tradition, as the only rent or tax which the inhabitants paid, na (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
"The Barrule here in question was South Barrule, and it is to the top of that mountain the green rushes were carried, according to Manx tradition, as the only rent or tax which the inhabitants paid, namely, to Manannan mac Lir (called in Welsh Manawydan ab ILyr), whom the same tradition treats as father and founder, as king and chief wizard of the Isle of Man, the same Manannan who is quaintly referred to in the illiterate passage at the head of this chapter^."
- attestation: To these might be added other members of the kingly families whose story shows them playing the rale of magicians, such as Rhiannon, who by her magic arts foiled her powerful suitor, Gwawl ab Clud, an (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)
"To these might be added other members of the kingly families whose story shows them playing the rale of magicians, such as Rhiannon, who by her magic arts foiled her powerful suitor, Gwawl ab Clud, and secured as her consort the man of her choice, Pwyti prince of Dyfed, Here also, perhaps, one might mention Manawydan ab ILyr, who, as Manannan mac Lir, figures in the stories of the Goidels of Erin and Man as a consummate wizard and first king of the Manx people: see p- 314 above."
- attestation: Within the magicwielding class exercising dominion over the shepherds and tillers of the soil of the country, it is but natural to suppose that the first king was the first magician or greatest medici (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)
"Within the magicwielding class exercising dominion over the shepherds and tillers of the soil of the country, it is but natural to suppose that the first king was the first magician or greatest medicine-man, as in the case of Manannan in the Isle of Man."