Manann is the son of Taal, the god of wild places, and Rhya, the goddess of nature, and is the deity of the seas and oceans. He controls the tides and the currents and is as unpredictable and changeable as the sea itself. He is usually portrayed as a huge, powerfully-built man, wearing a spiked crown of black iron and dressed in barbarian clothes in the same way as his father, but he can also take the form of a whirlpool or waterspout or a huge sea-monster.