Enbarr
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Enbarr or Embarr in Irish mythology
is Niamh's horse
. He can run across sea and land without touching the ground or water. This horse cannot be killed by man or god.
Enbarr of the Flowing Mane is also the name of Manannán mac Lir
's horse, the Celtic God fabled to live on the Isle of Man.
Irish mythology
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branch and the Historical Cycle. There are...
is Niamh's horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
. He can run across sea and land without touching the ground or water. This horse cannot be killed by man or god.
Enbarr of the Flowing Mane is also the name of Manannán mac Lir
Manannán mac Lir
Manannán mac Lir is a sea deity in Irish mythology. He is the son of the obscure Lir . He is often seen as a psychopomp, and has strong affiliations with the Otherworld, the weather and the mists between the worlds...
's horse, the Celtic God fabled to live on the Isle of Man.