Enbarr

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The Enbarr (Énbarr) or Aonbharr of Manannán (Irish: Aonbharr Mhanannáin) is a horse in the Irish Mythological Cycle which could traverse both land and sea, swifter than wind-speed. The horse was the property of the sea-god Manannan mac Lir, but provided to Lugh Lamh-fada (Irish: Luġ Lámhfhada) to use at his disposal. In the story Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann ("The Fate of the Children of Tuireann"), Lugh refused to lend it to the sons of Tuireann, but was then forced to lend the self-navigating boat Sguaba Tuinne (Wave-sweeper) instead. Aenbharr or Aonbharr (Irish: Aonbarr) occur in Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann. In P.W. Joyce's retelling the horse is also called Enbarr of the Flowing Mane. The forms Énbarr, Enbhárr are given by James Mackillop's dictionary. The meaning of this name has been variously defined. As a common noun enbarr is defined as "froth" in the medieval Cormac's glossary. The modern Irish form Aonbharr is glossed as "One Mane" by O'Curry, "the one or unrivaled mane" by O'Curry and O'Duffy, and "unique supremacy" by James Mackillop's dictionary. Welsh scholar John Rhys thought the name meant "she had a bird's head", and evidently considered it a mare.