entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_WEL_MANAWYDAN,SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS,scholarly attestation,Green (1992) pp. 139-140: Manawydan as the Welsh cognate of Manannán mac Lir; both from *Manawydanō; the sea-god/otherworld-craftsman tradition shared between the insular Celtic traditions
ENT_WEL_MANAWYDAN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation,"Second and Third Branch: Second: travels to Ireland with Bran's retinue; Third: the branch is titled after him (Manawydan fab Llŷr); he and Pryderi find the enchanted castle and Pryderi is trapped; Manawydan patiently learns crafts (saddle-making, shoemaking, shielding) and finally catches the enchanter Llwyd and forces him to lift the enchantment; the primary medieval Welsh text for this figure"
ENT_WEL_MANAWYDAN,SRC_MACCANA_CELTIC_MYTH,scholarly attestation,Mac Cana (1970) pp. 66-67: the Manawydan/Manannán comparison; both from *Manawydanō; the sea-god prototype who becomes an Otherworld craftsman in Welsh and a sea-god psychopomp in Irish; the different textual traditions have developed the figure in divergent directions