(The name is connected with the Irish word for ‘sea’—ler) Sea-god in the Irish tradition, the bravest man of the → Tuatha De Danann. In Irish poetry, ‘the plain of lir’ is a kenning for the waves of the sea. In...

In Irish mythology, Lir or Ler ("the sea") was the god of the sea, father of Manannan mac Lir, and a son of Elatha. In early genealogies, he is named Allód, and corresponds to Llŷr in Welsh...