Sadhbh
Irish · deity · fenian cycle · Recorded classification
vitalStatus is 'transformed', a value the corpus already uses, and it is the accurate one: the story does not kill her, it takes her away in deer shape and does not bring her back. The naming is the part worth keeping — the greatest poet in the tradition is called Little Fawn by his father because of what happened to his mother.
Children
Relations
- consort of: Fionn mac CumhaillIn-batch.Reference treatment of Sadhbh found by Fionn while hunting and of their son Oisín. (secondary)
- transformed by: Fear DoircheIn-batch and directional.Reference treatment: Sadhbh is magically transformed into a deer against her will by the Dark Man, an fear doirche. (secondary)
Sources
- Sadhbh is the woman turned into a deer by the Dark Man, found by Fionn while hunting, and the mother of Oisín, whose name means 'little fawn'.: Reference treatments of Sadhbh and of Oisín. (secondary)