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Llyr is a figure in Welsh mythology
Welsh mythology

Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons , has come down to us in much altered form in Medieval Welsh literature such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin....
, the father of Bran
Bran the Blessed

Bran the Blessed is a giant and king of Great Britain in Welsh mythology. He appears in several of the Welsh Triads, but his most significant role is in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi of the Mabinogion, Branwen, daughter of Llyr....
, Branwen
Branwen

Branwen, Daughter of Llyr is a major character in the The Four Branches of the Mabinogi of the Mabinogi, which is sometimes called the Mabinogi of Branwen after her....
 and Manawydan
Manawydan

In Welsh mythology, Manawydan, son of Llyr, is the equivalent of the Irish mythology Manannan mac Lir and a presumed Water deity.According to the Mabinogion, Pryderi invited Manawydan to live with him in Kingdom of Dyfed and marry Rhiannon, Pryderi's mother after they both returned from the fighting in Ireland ....
 by Penarddun
Penarddun

Penarddun is a figure in Welsh mythology, the wife of Llyr and a daughter of Beli Mawr. The Four Branches of the Mabinogi#Branwen.2C Daughter of Llyr of the Mabinogion names Bran the Blessed, Branwen, and Manawydan as her children by Llyr, and she has two additional sons by Euroswydd....
. The Welsh Triads
Welsh Triads

The Welsh Triads are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, Welsh mythology and traditional history in groups of three....
 mention he was imprisoned by Euroswydd; the Second Branch
Four Branches of the Mabinogi

The Four Branches of the Mabinogi are the best known tales from the medieval Welsh language prose collection known as the Mabinogion. The word "Mabinogi" originally designated only these four tales, which are really parts or "branches" of a single work, rather than the whole collection....
 of the Mabinogi
Mabinogion

The Mabinogion is a collection of eleven prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts. They draw on pre-Christian Celtic mythology, international folktale motifs, and on early medieval historical traditions....
 names Euroswydd as the father of Penarddun's younger two sons, Nisien
Nisien

Nisien is a figure in Welsh mythology, the son of Penarddun and Euroswydd and twin brother of Efnisien. He appears in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi of the Mabinogion, which names Bran the Blessed, Branwen, and Manawydan as his half-siblings....
 and Efnisien
Efnisien

In Welsh mythology, Efnysien or Efnisien was the son of Penarddun and Euroswydd. His twin was Nisien.His half-sister, Branwen, was courted by the Irish king Matholwch, who gave her brother, Bran the Blessed, horses to curry favor....
. Llyr corresponds to Lir
Lir

In Irish mythology, Lir or Ler was the god of the sea, father of Manannan mac Lir, and a son of Elatha. In early genealogies, he is named All?d, and corresponds to Llyr in Welsh mythology....
 in Irish mythology
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 branches of Celtic mythology....
, and, like the latter, he is identified as a god of the sea. Leir of Britain
Leir of Britain

Leir is a legendary prehistoric king of the Brythons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. His story is told in much-modified and romanticized form in William Shakespeare's King Lear....
, a mythical British king most famous as the subject of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
's King Lear
King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works....
, may be derived from Llyr.

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Lloyd Alexander

Lloyd Chudley Alexander was a widely-influential United States author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books....
's Chronicles of Prydain includes a "House of Llyr", a royal family whose female members are often enchantresses.






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Llyr is a figure in Welsh mythology
Welsh mythology

Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons , has come down to us in much altered form in Medieval Welsh literature such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin....
, the father of Bran
Bran the Blessed

Bran the Blessed is a giant and king of Great Britain in Welsh mythology. He appears in several of the Welsh Triads, but his most significant role is in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi of the Mabinogion, Branwen, daughter of Llyr....
, Branwen
Branwen

Branwen, Daughter of Llyr is a major character in the The Four Branches of the Mabinogi of the Mabinogi, which is sometimes called the Mabinogi of Branwen after her....
 and Manawydan
Manawydan

In Welsh mythology, Manawydan, son of Llyr, is the equivalent of the Irish mythology Manannan mac Lir and a presumed Water deity.According to the Mabinogion, Pryderi invited Manawydan to live with him in Kingdom of Dyfed and marry Rhiannon, Pryderi's mother after they both returned from the fighting in Ireland ....
 by Penarddun
Penarddun

Penarddun is a figure in Welsh mythology, the wife of Llyr and a daughter of Beli Mawr. The Four Branches of the Mabinogi#Branwen.2C Daughter of Llyr of the Mabinogion names Bran the Blessed, Branwen, and Manawydan as her children by Llyr, and she has two additional sons by Euroswydd....
. The Welsh Triads
Welsh Triads

The Welsh Triads are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, Welsh mythology and traditional history in groups of three....
 mention he was imprisoned by Euroswydd; the Second Branch
Four Branches of the Mabinogi

The Four Branches of the Mabinogi are the best known tales from the medieval Welsh language prose collection known as the Mabinogion. The word "Mabinogi" originally designated only these four tales, which are really parts or "branches" of a single work, rather than the whole collection....
 of the Mabinogi
Mabinogion

The Mabinogion is a collection of eleven prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts. They draw on pre-Christian Celtic mythology, international folktale motifs, and on early medieval historical traditions....
 names Euroswydd as the father of Penarddun's younger two sons, Nisien
Nisien

Nisien is a figure in Welsh mythology, the son of Penarddun and Euroswydd and twin brother of Efnisien. He appears in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi of the Mabinogion, which names Bran the Blessed, Branwen, and Manawydan as his half-siblings....
 and Efnisien
Efnisien

In Welsh mythology, Efnysien or Efnisien was the son of Penarddun and Euroswydd. His twin was Nisien.His half-sister, Branwen, was courted by the Irish king Matholwch, who gave her brother, Bran the Blessed, horses to curry favor....
. Llyr corresponds to Lir
Lir

In Irish mythology, Lir or Ler was the god of the sea, father of Manannan mac Lir, and a son of Elatha. In early genealogies, he is named All?d, and corresponds to Llyr in Welsh mythology....
 in Irish mythology
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 branches of Celtic mythology....
, and, like the latter, he is identified as a god of the sea. Leir of Britain
Leir of Britain

Leir is a legendary prehistoric king of the Brythons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. His story is told in much-modified and romanticized form in William Shakespeare's King Lear....
, a mythical British king most famous as the subject of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
's King Lear
King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works....
, may be derived from Llyr.

In fiction

Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander

Lloyd Chudley Alexander was a widely-influential United States author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books....
's Chronicles of Prydain includes a "House of Llyr", a royal family whose female members are often enchantresses. The Princess Eilonwy, the heroine in the series, is the daughter of Angharad
Angharad

Angharad is a popular name in Celtic countries, particularly Wales, having a long association with Celtic royalty, history and myth. Angharad is also spelt as Anghared....
, daughter of Regat of the House of Llyr. The Chronicles of Prydain are strongly based on Welsh legend, and this inclusion is one of the many similarities between the mythic land of Prydain and Wales.

The House of Llyr