Llyr

In Welsh mythology, Llŷr is a son of Dôn and Beli Mawr and the father of Bran, Branwen and Manawydan by Penarddun. The Welsh Triads mention he was imprisoned by Eurosswydd; the Second Branch of the Mabinogi names Eurosswyd as the father of Penarddun's younger two sons, Nisien and Efnisien. Llŷr corresponds to Lir in Irish mythology, and like the latter, he is identified as a god of the sea. Leir of Britain, a mythical British king most famous as the subject of William Shakespeare's King Lear, may be derived from Llŷr.

References

Rachel Bromwich (editor and translator), Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1978. ISBN 0-7083-0690-X
Jeffrey Gantz (translator), The Mabinogion, London and New York: Penguin Books, 1976. ISBN 0140443223

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