Mannan-beg-mac-y-Leir; Court of the Elements

The ancient sea-god of the Isle of Man exists in the shape of a spirit – a mighty blue-green skinned man with a beard of seaweed. Mannan is a spirit of sea and of storms and serves Skolis-Ur, though even that is not sufficient to make this Greater Jaggling easy on the people or Iminir who visit the Island. On Midsummer Eve the people used to carry green meadow grass to the top of Barule in payment of rent to Mannan-beg-mac-y-Leir. People also used to pray to him for a blessing on their boats and a good catch. He is served by a spirit which lairs in a cave under Black Head and takes the form of a seahorse with huge eyes like pewter. This Water-horse has been known to lure women and children to their deaths in the sea, but generally is sated with gifts of rum thrown from the cliffs whilst "take that evil spirit" (gow-shen-y-veist).

Water-Horse of the Black Head Caves pulls Mannan's great chariot of iron and sea shell when the spirit travels across the waters.

Spirits associated with the Court of the Elements:

• Arnemetia; the Goddess of the Grove
• Ice-Wind
• Mannan-beg-mac-y-Leir
• Water-Horse of the Black Head Caves

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