LlÅ·r

Llyr Lledyeith ( llyr welsh: "sea", corresponds to the Irish ler, genitive lir; lledyeith Cymric: " Half - language." ), Also Llyr [ ɬi ː r], is the Welsh equivalent of the Irish sea-god Lir.

Mythology and Etymology

Llyr is the husband of Penarddun and the father of Manawydan, Bran and Branwen. The saga Branwen ferch Llyr ( " Branwen, the daughter Llŷrs " ) is recorded in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi. Both the Welsh Llyr and the Irish Lir appear to have a bird's sympathy. Llŷrs children wear in the name of a raven symbolism (of Old-Celtic * Branno " Raven" ): Bran's middle name is Bendigeitvran " blessing Raven " ( bendigeit from Celto - Latin * ben [e ] dicatos ), Branwen means " white Rabin "; Lir children transformed by his second wife Aoife into swans.

Llyr Lledieith is fab with fab Gweir Geirioedd Mabon and Modron called " One of the three noble prisoners of the Island of Britain " (tri goruchel garcharawr Ynis Bridein ).

The title Hero of the tragedy King Lear by William Shakespeare based on the mythical figure Leir of Britain, a British king from pre-Roman times. Its name is also derived from Llyr.