`The beautiful maiden #Sadb, daughter of the great magician Bobd Derg, was turned into a deer by one of his magical enemies, Fear Doirche. #Fionn Mac Cumhaill fell in love with a mysterious woman who visited him at night after he had saved a fawn from being killed by his hunting dogs. After many nights of pleasure, the dark sorcerer—her father’s enemy— found that Sadb had managed to slip out of her deer form and enjoy the hero’s affections. He cast a darker spell upon her so that she could never regain her womanly form.
Heartbroken, Sadb fled from her lover, who searched #Ireland for nearly a year. Then, near the great flat peak of Ben Bulben, he found a deer nursing a human infant. Recognizing his lover and their son, Fionn took the boy from her tenderly, naming him Oisín (“little fawn”).`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` #FairyTaleTuesday
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`The beautiful maiden #Sadb, daughter of the great magician Bobd Derg, was turned into a deer by one of his magical enemies, Fear Doirche. #Fionn Mac Cumhaill fell in love with a mysterious woman who visited him at night after he had saved a fawn from being killed by his hunting dogs. After many nights of pleasure, the dark sorcerer—her father’s enemy— found that Sadb had managed to slip out of her deer form and enjoy the hero’s affections. He cast a darker spell upon her so that she could never regain her womanly form.
Heartbroken, Sadb fled from her lover, who searched #Ireland for nearly a year. Then, near the great flat peak of Ben Bulben, he found a deer nursing a human infant. Recognizing his lover and their son, Fionn took the boy from her tenderly, naming him Oisín (“little fawn”).`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Sadb was a cult warrior goddess in the County Kerry region and goddess of all the arts, and the mother …
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#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: `The beautiful maiden #Sadb, daughter of the great magician Bobd Derg, was turned into a deer by one of his magical enemies, Fear Doirche. #Fionn Mac Cumhaill fell in love with a mysterious woman who visited him at night after he had saved a fawn
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SADB (SIVE) by #JimFitzPatrick
Sadb was a cult warrior goddess in the County Kerry region and goddess of all the arts, and the mother …
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`The beautiful maiden #Sadb, daughter of the great magician Bobd Derg, was turned into a deer by one of his magical enemies, Fear Doirche. #Fionn Mac Cumhaill fell in love with a mysterious woman who visited him at night after he had saved a fawn from being killed by his hunting dogs. After many nights of pleasure, the dark sorcerer—her father’s enemy— found that Sadb had managed to slip out of her deer form and enjoy the hero’s affections. He cast a darker spell upon her so that she could never regain her womanly form.
Heartbroken, Sadb fled from her lover, who searched #Ireland for nearly a year. Then, near the great flat peak of Ben Bulben, he found a deer nursing a human infant. Recognizing his lover and their son, Fionn took the boy from her tenderly, naming him Oisín (“little fawn”).`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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SADB (SIVE) by #JimFitzPatrick
Sadb was a cult warrior goddess in the County Kerry region and goddess of all the arts, and the mothe…
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#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: Fer Doirich (The “Dark Druid”) had abducted #FinnMacCool`s wife #Sadb. The hero organised a search, and for seven years, he could not find any sign of her. One day, Fionn's faithful hounds discovered a boy. From the boy's story, he was taken care by a hind (Sadb) in the woods, until recently, when the Dark Druid compelled the hind-woman with his magic, to leave the boy behind and followed him. The druid and hind were never seen again.

Source: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/sacredwood/lesson-5-the-fenian-cycle-the-ossianic-cycle-t1163.html

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Fionn mac Cumhaill's 2 favourite hounds, Bran & Sceolan were his cousins! Their mother was Tuiren, Fionn's aunt, transformed into a hound by a Sidhe woman irritated by Tuiren's affair with her husband! 📷statue Newbridge, Co Kildare by Lynn Kirkham. #Ireland #FolkloreThursday🐶🐾