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The History of God
FIELD No. E42E
Visual depiction of Manannán mac Lir

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Vol. II · Polytheism · trickster

Manannán mac Lir

Irish sea god

riding across ocean waves on his chariot, the Cloak of Mists swirling behind him, Tír na nÓg visible on the horizon

Organization
Mixed Bronze-Age pantheons (Vedic + Mesopotamian)
Time period
c. 2000 BCE – 500 BCE
Location
Eurasia (India + Mesopotamia)
Archetype
trickster

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of Benzaiten

Benzaiten

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Goibniu

Goibniu

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Kartikeya

Kartikeya

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Niamh of the Golden Hair

Niamh of the Golden Hair

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Sha Wujing

Sha Wujing

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)

 Visual depiction of Xi Wangmu

Xi Wangmu

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian