About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Sive, Sophie, Sally
- Variants
- Sive, Sabia
- Stronghold region
- Leinster
Overview
Mother of Oisín in the Fenian Cycle; cursed by a druid into the form of a deer, she was briefly restored to human form by Fionn mac Cumhaill before being lost again.
The story behind Sadhbh
Fionn met her in deer-form during a hunt; she resumed human shape and they lived together until the druid found her again and turned her back.
Mythology & legend
Mother of Oisín; transformed into a deer by a druid she rejected.
Did you know?
While in deer-form she bore Fionn a son, Oisín — whose name means little fawn.
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