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In ”[[The Voyage of Bran]]”, Manannán prophesied to Bran that a great warrior would be descended from him. Thus Mongán mac Fiachnai becomes a late addition to the mac Lir family tree. The historical Mongán was a son of [[Fiachnae mac Báetáin]], born towards the end of the 6th century. According to legend Fiachnae, who was at war in Scotland, came home with a victory because of a bargain made with Manannán (either by him, or by his wife) to let Manannán have a child by his wife. This child, Mongán, was supposedly taken to the Otherworld when he was very young, to be raised there by Manannán. The 8th-century saga ”[[Compert Mongáin]]” tells recounts the deeds of a legendary son, In the ”Dinsenchas” Manannán is also described as the father of Ibel, after whose death Manannán cast draughts of grief from his heart that became Loch Ruidi, Loch Cuan, and Loch Dacaech.
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In [[The Voyage of Bran]], Manannán prophesied to Bran that a great warrior would be descended from him. He told Bran that
"Manannán mac Lir will have fruitful/sex with Caintigern: his son will be/summoned into the lovely land; Fiachna will recognize him as his son
He will claim a happy familiarity at/each síd; he will be a darling of each/good land; he will tell secrets, a run/of wisdom in the world without fear"
among other things detailing his child’s whole life from birth until his death. <ref>{{Cite book|last=MacQuarrie|first=Charles|title=THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE IRISH GOD OF THE SEA FROM "THE VOYAGE OF BRAN" (700 A.D) TO "FINNEGANS WAKE" (1939): THE WAVES OF MANANNAN|publisher=UNITED KINGDOMS: THE EDWIN MILLER PRESS.|year=2004|isbn=0-7734-6382-8|location=United Kingdom|language=English}}</ref> According to legend Fiachnae, who was at war in Scotland, came home with a victory because of a bargain made with Manannán (either by him, or by his wife) to let Manannán have a child by his wife. This child, Mongán, was supposedly taken to the Otherworld when he was very young, to be raised there by Manannán. The 8th-century saga ”[[Compert Mongáin]]” tells recounts the deeds of a legendary son, In the ”Dinsenchas” Manannán is also described as the father of Ibel, after whose death Manannán cast draughts of grief from his heart that became Loch Ruidi, Loch Cuan, and Loch Dacaech.